Since its foundation in 1976 by Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan, Cambridge Stud has become world renowned as a breeding ground of champions. Our hallowed turf, in the heart of the Waikato, has produced winners of the biggest races throughout Australasia and been the home to multiple champion stallions. Today the property combines state-of-the-art facilities with the best of local and international bloodlines as we continue to build on the farm’s proud history of success.
Chaldean covered a high-quality book of 173 mares in his first season at Juddmonte Farm in the UK and his first foals have been arriving this spring. The progeny of our mulitple Gr.1 winning son of Frankel are receiving rave reviews from European breeders and farm managers.
"A quality colt, well balanced with size, scope and a mscular hip. Very much the sire." Simon Mockridge, Juddmonte. 2025 bay colt ex Hot Snap (Pivotal).
"A very good-looking and athletic colt with a lot of quality. It's the best foal the mare has produced to date." Simon Weeting, Overbury Stud. 2025 bay colt ex Velma Valento (Dabirsim).
"A strongly made foal with a big walk and lots of quality. A very pleasing result especially with the Frankel/Pivotal cross proving so successful with five Group One winners to date." Cathal Beale, CEO Irish National Stud. 2025 chestnut filly ex Aimhirgin Lass (Pivotal).
"He is a cracking first foal. Strong, correct, fantastic muscle definition and a great mover, just like his sire." Stuart Thom, Galloway Stud. 2025 bay colt ex Desert Dreamer (Oasis Dream).
"I'm really impressed with the Chaldean foals I've seen come through the breeding shed at Whitsbury and Juddmonte have some stunners I saw on a recent visit there. Strong, correct foals with good bone. They've got a great hip and shoulder like their sire and have a real presence about them." Ben Tappenden, Whitsbury Manor Stud
13 May
2025
Lucy In The Sky executed her southern plan to perfection at Riccarton and in the process earned a slice of domestic racing history.
Our promising youngster became the first winner of a black-type race on a synthetic track in New Zealand when she romped to victory in the Listed Champagne Stakes.
Due to the fierce Canterbury weather, the 1200 metre feature was switched from the turf to the all-weather track and it didn’t faze the Tony Pike-trained representative in the slightest.
She also credited our promising young shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain with his first Southern Hemisphere stakes winner.
“We came down here to get a stakes win on the board before the end of her two-year-old season and she had the class edge,” Pike said.
“It augurs well for next season and to be back here in November for the Guineas would be great.”
Lucy In The Sky crossed to lead from a wide gate and surged clear in the run home under the urging of Jasmine Fawcett to beat our homebred and sold King’s Legacy filly Queen’s Legacy.
“She’s a class horse and turning for home I was quite confident she would put them to bed,” Fawcett said.
Lucy In The Sky will now be spelled after an initial three-start campaign that has netted two wins and a gallant sixth, after being hounded in front, in the G1 Sistema Stakes.
She is a half-sister to the G2 Rich Hill Mile winner Ruud Not Too with their dam the unraced O’Reilly mare Too Many Diamonds, now retired from breeding.
Lucy In The Sky is out of a half-sister to the G3 Red Anchor Stakes winner Royal Asscher and a strong juvenile family that includes the G1 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Diamond Shower.
3 May
2025
Jockey Declan Bates tipped the Symon Wilde-trained Imamanzor as a three-year-old to follow after their success at Horsham.
He combined with our homebred son of resident sire Almanzor, who relished the good surface to win in fine style over 1400 metres.
“It looked a good race for him and he was too good,” Bates said. “He’s a big boy and he’ll improve again with that.”
Imamanzor was wide early before settling outside the leader and, after striding to the front on the turn, held a strong gallop for his second career victory from eight starts.
“I was happy to roll forward with him and he travelled well,” Bates said.
“He took me to the lead at the top of the straight and he felt like he had plenty left in the tank.”
Imamanzor is a son of the More Than Ready mare Imanana, whose dam Imananabaa was a quality sprinter whose five wins featured success in the G1 Railway Handicap.
Imanana has produced four winners with Imamanzor sold to Grand Syndicates for A$35,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.
We sold her Sword Of State colt to Richard and Will Freedman for $100,000 at Karaka earlier this year and Imanana had a filly in 2024 by our Group 1-winning son of Snitzel.
19 May
2025
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