Bred To Win: who is Caroline chatting to this week?

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Caroline Searcy’s popular Bred To Win will run weekly in TTR AusNZ. The show will include stallion profiles, features on leading industry figures, previews and reviews of all of the big bloodstock auctions, expert Q&As and more.

This week's episode

Week of October 16, 2023

Caroline Searcy wraps up a sensational TAB Everest Day at Royal Randwick along with great stories from Caulfield Guineas Day and more.

Another promising winner by Almanzor (Fr) heading for stakes success in the Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week.

Suzanne Philcox in an unmissable story about the naming of the Inghams' Woodlands Stud champions and now the Darley Godolphin stars of the track.

And the Australian Turf Club's Everest partners in Overpass (Vancouver) - Ram Racing's Cameron Byers in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Earlier episodes

Week of October 9, 2023

In this week's episode of Bred To Win Caroline Searcy reviews Hill S. and Turnbull S. Day racing. Racing NSW holds the inaugural Equimillion for retired racehorses.

Cambridge Stud is elated with the first foals of Snitzel's Group 1-winning son, Sword Of State, plus the latest on Almanzor (Fr) and Hello Youmzain (Fr) and star mares Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel), Kahma Lass (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}) and Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel) and their new foals.

And Blue Gum Farm's Cathy Dingwall - from an equestrian background but loving the racing and breeding industry, in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing!

Week of October 2, 2023

Bred To Win episode 16 features an extended Aushorse News with the big winners from Epsom Day and the Moir S. meeting.

The Autumn Sun and his incredible five-time Group 1-winning career and now the stakes winners are building as his first crop turn three.

And Coolmore Stud stallion manager Tony O'Meara in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of September 25, 2023

Bred To Win reviews Golden Rose Day at Rosehill and Underwood S. Day at Caulfield plus more thoroughbred breeding news.

A special double feature reminding viewers of the incredible racetrack deeds of 10-time Group 1 winner So You Think (NZ) including rarely seen before vision from Ballydoyle in Ireland. And a look at the dual runner-up as Champion Australian Sire and his own Group 1 winners and why the Coolmore team believe he will take that crown in coming years.

And a delightful Arrowfield Stud Horse Who Made You Love Racing featuring Leah Beth Anderton and how her off-track thoroughbred Only Tiger (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) helped her love racing.

Week of September 18, 2023

Caroline Searcy's Bred To Win episode 14 with an extended Aushorse News featuring Winx's (Street Cry {Ire}) first foal by Pierro going to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in 2024. An Equimillion showjumping display by retired racehorses at the Australian Turf Club's The Shorts' meeting at Royal Randwick. Great spring racing and the back stories to the big winners in Sydney and on Makybe Diva S. day at Flemington in Melbourne.

Coolmore Stud first-season stallion Best Of Bordeaux - a feature on this elite 2-year-old by Snitzel including a G1 Goldmine analysis and Blue Gum Farm's Sean Dingwall in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of September 11, 2023

This episode of Bred To Win features great spring racing in Sydney and Melbourne in 'Aushorse News'. Gary Portelli's smart galloper, Encap (Capitalist) is the Inglis Graduate of the Week, and Cambridge Stud celebrates the first foal for Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel).

Blue Gum Farm features two new stallions, Sejardan (including a G1 Goldmine analysis) and the sire of Artorius, Flying Artie.

Swettenham Stud welcomes back Wooded (Ire), the fastest son of global sensation Wootton Bassett (GB).

And Yulong Farm's Claudia McDougall in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of September 4, 2023

Caroline Searcy returns with the latest Aushorse News from Memsie S. and Concorde S. Day on Saturday and more.

Graff and new boy Dubious at Kitchwin Hills Stud feature, as does Ellsberg who retires to Murrulla Stud. This episode also features a G1 Goldmine analysis of the G1 Epsom H. winner.

Trainer Jack Bruce features in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of August 28, 2023

Caroline Searcy wraps up stakes racing from around Australia in episode 11 of Bred To Win for 2023.

Triple Group 1 winner Hitotsu is now what you'd expect at Arrowfield Stud!

And Paulele, a real eye-catcher at Darley in Victoria.

A G1 Goldmine analysis of Yulong Farm's Diatonic (Jpn). Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week is a promising Sydney winner by Almanzor (Fr) and a Group-winning 3-year-old by Russian Revolution is the Inglis Graduate of the Week.

And trainer Will Freedman with a great story in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of August 21, 2023

Caroline Searcy with more stallion features in episode 10 of Bred To Win 2023.

Yulong Farm welcomes Lord Kanaloa's (Jpn) exciting son, Diatonic (Jpn) along with the tough Aussie sprinter, Pierata.

Matthew Sandblom's Kingstar Farm as Unite And Conquer sires the first 2-year-old trial winner of the new season! And Time To War is another great value speed option for mare owners and this episode also includes a G1 Goldmine analysis of Unite And Conquer.

Plus, great vision of Almanzor (Fr) and Hello Youmzain (Fr) arriving back at New Zealand's Cambridge Stud, a packed Aushorse News and Inglis Graduate of the Week as spring racing ramps up in Australia!

In Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing, Yulong's Harry King with his family's homebred filly Aloisia (NZ) (Azamour {Ire}).

Week of August 14, 2023

Aushorse News includes the Inglis Graduate of the Week for Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace in the 3-year-old Listed The Rosebud at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney.

Dual Group 1-winning 3-year-old Jacquinot brings Encosta De Lago blood and a double dose of blue-hen Shantha's Choice (Canny Lad) to Widden Stud!

Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week sees Almanzor's (Fr) sire Wootton Bassett (GB) with a Group 1-winning 2-year-old in Ireland.

Queensland's Grandview Stud shows off Written Tycoon's speedball son, Winning Rupert, moving back up north where his Champion Australian Sire tasted some of his greatest success. Plus, Hong Kong Group 1 winner, the half-brother to Real Impact (Jpn), Neo Realism (Jpn) at a bargain fee.

And Widden Stud's Billy Primmer with a family favourite from Warrnambool in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of August 7, 2023

A focus on historic Queensland farm, Lyndhurst Stud. Jeff Kruger looks at their past star stallions and their current top sire, Better Than Ready. I Am Invincible's Barbaric also features along with Rothesay. The story includes a G1 Goldmine analysis of Better Than Ready.

The Lamont family's Kooringal Stud in Wagga Wagga welcomes now Group 1-producing sire, the Royal Ascot sprint champion, Merchant Navy, and also Finance Tycoon who is a precocious new stallion by Written Tycoon.

Aushorse News from Australia and overseas and an Inglis Premier Sale yearling is the Inglis Graduate of the Week.

Cambridge Stud's Performance of the Week features a Victorian winner in the Cambridge colours, sold by Hallmark Stud.

And in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing, the lady with the gift for naming champion racehorses, Suzanne Philcox remembers the great Octagonal (NZ).

Week of July 31, 2023

Caroline Searcy's Bred To Win returns for the spring season of 2023.

Featuring Godolphin's greatest Group 1 winner globally, the nine-time Group 1-winning champion Anamoe as a new stallion for Darley Australia's NSW base.

The son of Street Boss (USA) joins three-time Group 1-winning world's best sprinter of his generation Bivouac - becoming more and more like his own Champion Sire Exceed And Excel and with his first yearlings heading for the 2024 sales series.

Take a winter tour with Cambridge Stud manager Marc Devcich and Blue Diamond winner Daumier settles in for his first season at Olly and Amber Tait's Twin Hills Stud in Cootamundra in south western NSW. Plus a G1 Goldmine analysis of the best nicks to work with Daumier's pedigree. The son of Epaulette joins Peltzer, a speedy son of So You Think (NZ) who has his first yearlings selling in 2024.

And Lyndhurst Stud's Jeff Kruger with a homebred champion mare in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of May 15, 2023

In this week's Bred To Win Caroline provides a background to the major stakes winners from Scone to Doomben, Morphettville to Flemington to Belmont!

Inglis Graduate of the Week and Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week plus G1 Goldmine's analysis of the Exceed And Excel - Street Cry (Ire) cross!

Thoroughbred Breeders' Australia's online learning videos explained by TBA CEO Tom Reilly and the effervescent Antoinette Inglis explains why she's forging her own career in the thoroughbred breeding industry. Plus, Victorian bloodstock agent Peter Ford in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of May 8, 2023

A massive Aushorse News in Bred To Win episode five for 2023, which includes racing from Australia, Newmarket in the UK and the Kentucky Derby from the US.

A wrap of the Inglis Chairman's Sale aswell as the Inglis Broodmare and Weanling Sales.

Stallion news, Inglis Graduate, Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week and stallion updates, plus a $3 million yearling winning on debut in Sydney for Chris Waller.

Tasmania's Armidale Stud and their two stallions, Needs Further and Alpine Eagle.

And a G1 Goldmine update on the nick between I Am Invincible and Encosta De Lago mares.

Te Akau Racing's David Ellis updates on the continuing big-race success for the tangerine colours throughout Australasia.

And ATC Director and former Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}) owner David McGrath in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of May 1, 2023

This week's Bred To Win has an extensive Aushorse News focusing on stakes racing from the weekend and stallion updates. Plus a G1 Goldmine analysis of Fastnet Rock mares crossed with Written Tycoon sires. And the Inglis Graduate of the Week and Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week.

A touching story about the love for star race-mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}) as her strapper Rosie prepares to farewell her at the Inglis Chairman's Sale.

New Zealand Bloodstock principal Sir Peter Vela with his views on the New Zealand breeding industry and why so many Kiwi-breds win the big races in Australia.

And Rathmore Lodge's Ross Hatton with a family angle in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of April 24, 2023

Aushorse News includes stallion movements for the new season, racing from the Hawkesbury standalone meeting and other stakes racing around Australia.

A quick wrap of the 2023 Australian Equestrian Festival featuring three-day eventers Shane Rose and Shenae Lowings on full and part-thoroughbreds.

Case Clay, formerly of Three Chimneys Farm, discusses racing in the US and his role as Arrowfield Stud's American representative while attending the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Cambridge Stud CEO Henry Plumptre updates news from the famous New Zealand operation including footage of the emotional opening of the state-of-the-art Heritage Centre honouring the late Sir Patrick Hogan.

And Racing SA's John Cornell on why Kingston Town (Bletchingly) made him love racing in the popular Arrowfield Stud supported segment.

Week of April 17, 2023

Caroline Searcy reviews the pedigrees of the big winners on the final day of the Sydney autumn carnival, including Giga Kick (Scissor Kick) in the G1 All Aged S. and Militarize's (NZ) (Dundeel {NZ}) win in the G1 Champagne S.

A quick look at the thoroughbred classes at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, while Cambridge Stud Performance of the week goes to a 2-year-old by their own son of Savabeel, Embellish (NZ).

A feature story on Rich Hill Stud residents Proisir and Satono Aladdin (Jpn) after they sired stars of the Australian autumn in Legarto (NZ) (Proisir), Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) and Pennyweka (NZ) (Satono Aladdin {Jpn}), including a G1 Goldmine analysis of Proisir and his most successful nicks.

Leading thoroughbred vet Greg Nash explains the process of vetting yearlings and James Murray of Thoroughbred Breeders' Australia with a modern day champ in Arrowfield Stud's Horse Who Made You Love Racing.

Week of April 10, 2023

Caroline Searcy's Bred To Win returns with a full wrap of the breeding back-stories from Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick including Group 1 sires Savabeel, and a Godolphin-Darley treble, sired by Astern, Harry Angel (Ire) and Brazen Beau.

The Cambridge Stud Performance of the Week focuses on another New Zealand-bred and trained Group 1 winner in the Sydney Cup - the Inglis Graduate of the Week was a 2-year-old Group winner sold through the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

A full review of the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale with Sebastian Hutch including the top sellers and some of the best dramatic moments for successful vendors.

And Case Clay, formerly of Three Chimneys Farm and now the US rep for Arrowfield Stud, tells us the Horse Who Made Him Love Racing.

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