Yearling Sales and Champions Day
The yearling sales proved to be trickier than anticipated by most and, by the end , it was clear that a reasonable major downward revaluation had taken place, especially in Tattersalls Books 1 and 3…
Group 1 Winner
It is great to be able to announce that another Laundry Cottage Stud bred horse has won a Group 1 race, the highest category in the sport. Via Sistina won the Irisk Pretty Polly Stakes…
Group 2 Success
We were delighted when Rebecca Hillen's mare Via Sistina, bred here at Laundry Cottage Stud Farm, ran out an impressive winner of the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket . Hopefully she is a second…
Breeding Season 2023
Although it is still early days in the breeding season, we have been busy at Laundry Cottage and have foaled 8 of the 11 expectant mares over the last few weeks. Boarding mares Velvet Vision…
Breeding Season 2022
With all the foals safely on the ground, we are busy with recovering the mares-a race against time for some as the breeding season end point gets closer. Eight mares are now in foal (Winter…
End of Season
Another sales season is over with 6 yearlings, 3 foals and one mare successfully sold. While there will be no champagne breakfasts on the proceeds, it has been an ok year (maybe a Bacon Butty…
Winners
The season has started well for graduates of LCSF. There were 5 runners bred here last week and 3 of them were winners, one was placed and one brought up the rear of a NH…
2020!!!
Taking stock at the end of a challenging sales season the numbers on the bottom line would have been difficult had it not been for the return to the Stud on the Wootton Bassett share…
Sales Season Underway
With Donny, BBAG, Arqana 1 all been and gone, the story seems to be one of 25% is reductions in price but a reasonable maintenance of the clearing rate. Still lots to go with Tatts…
Weathering The Storm Article.
Laundry Cottage Stud farm was a feature in the June edition of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders magazine. Discussing the studs latest successes at the Tattersalls December Foal sales, life around the stud, and how…
Foal,Sales Stallion Books and Lock Down!
All the foals are here-7 for LCS- and all the mares-8- are in foal. We used Gleneagles, Wootton Bassett, Bated Breath (twice), Profitable, Havana Gold, Due Diligence and Showcasing. Hopefully a decent mix and the…
While since last post!!
There has been quite an interregnum since we last posted -in 2018! Plenty time now though under lockdown. For a change(a pleasant one), we ended up having some success at the December 2019 sales,topping the…
Foaling 2018
Six foals on the ground- six fillies. Eight more to come and according to sexing (which to date has only been 66% correct!),we can expect two more fillies and six colts. The saving grace is…
All the foals have arrived!!
It has been a long few months but we have successfully finished foaling all the mares at the stud for this year, and what a lovely crop of foals we have had. It all kicked…
2017 Season is underway
We hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year! Our first four foaling mares are in and ready for foaling to commence, with the first mare due at the…
End of 2016 Season
As 2016 comes to a close,we can reflect on a decent year for the Stud at the Yearling and Foal sales,a good year racing stock in France but an indifferent year racing in the UK.…
End of season
The racing season is coming towards its end and it has been a quiet one for the stud. Last Saturday Rivellino could do no better than come in 5th in a Listed race at Lingfield…
July update
Half the year gone and time for the sales again. We go to the Tattersalls July sale next week with 2 nice mares-Valen ,in foal to Garswood and Tohaveandtohold in foal to War Command. While…
Foaling Underway
2015 has begun in a rush of colts with 9 out of 9 foaled being colts until an Oasis Dream filly broke the run this afternoon. Three of the colts foaled are boarders over from…
As the end of 2014 approaches…
As the end of 2014 approaches, the stud can look back on a successful year-most particularly on the track. Eighteen horses bred by Laundry Cottage Stud ran on the flat in 2014 and twelve were…
Since last writing…
Since last writing, the Stud has continued to have winners. Kingoverthewater has now won twice in France, Horsforth won at Beverley from the worst possible draw, Lochalsh (owned but not bred) won well at Ffos…
So far so good…
At half time in the season, the stud is having a fairly decent run of winners. Mindurownbusiness has won a couple of races and looks to be on the up. Abbey Village similarly is a…
A round up on whats been happening on the Stud and trackside news.
All the bright sunshine interspersed with heavy rain has meant that field-topping work is never done at this time of year. It takes one person about a week to top the whole farm,excluding strimming work,…
News from the race track…
We are still waiting for Bahama Spirit to produce her Nathaniel foal. As she stands and waits, her page has been improved by the 2nd place gained by Rivellino in the Listed Cleves stakes last Saturday.…