Breeders Warned Against ‘Wild Expansion’

Qatar Bloodstock recently celebrated their first Australian stakes success when two year-old filly Crafty won the Listed VRC Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington, prompting many breeders to wonder just where the investment in Australasian bloodstock by members of the Al Thani family will end.

In Europe, the Al Thani family have put some real heat into the bloodstock market accounting for 12.1 % of the aggregate at last year's Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and paying 5 million guineas for the top priced Galileo filly.

Trained by Andre Fabre for Al Shaqab Racing, she has since come out and won easily at her only start at Chantilly last month as Al Naamah and looks to have a bright future.

While their investment in our bloodstock is yet to match their spending in the Northern Hemisphere it is something that local breeders will be pondering and this story on UK Racing Post makes for interesting reading.

Click here to see why UK breeders are being urged against 'wild expansion'.