31/12/2024

2025 CHAIRMAN’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE

Dear members, partners, sponsors and colleagues, As we look back at the many achievements realized across TAK Group of Companies this year, the most defining marker has been the securing of Official A ...

23/12/2024

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY WITH GOLD BULLION

Gold Bullion Gold Bullion delivered an early Christmas present to China Horse Club, Newgate Farm, Go Bloodstock et al with his gritty win in the AUD200,000 Seven Members Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm in ...

13/12/2024

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AS INTO AMORE DEBUTS IN WINNING FASHION

Into Amore was retained by CHC after failing to make her reserve and won stylishly on debut Patience was rewarded when the regally bred Into Amore made an auspicious debut in a seven furlong maiden at ...

4/12/2024

GUNSHIP MAKES A BANG WITH ENCOURAGING DEBUT

Gunship was secured by CHC, Qatar Racing and David Howden at last year’s Goffs Orby Sale The richly pedigreed Gunship made the perfect start to his career when fending off rivals to land a Novic ...

3/12/2024

PATCH ADAMS SENDS SOCIAL MEDIA INTO OVERDRIVE

Patch Adam’s returning to scale Patch Adams sent social media enthusiasts and racing aficionados into overdrive when testing a 12-year track record at America’s most famous racetrack at only his s ...

11/11/2024

WORLD’S RICHEST TWO-YEAR-OLD RACE THE TARGET FOR NORTH ENGLAND

CHC’s Mike Smith lifts the G3 Golden Gift Trophy The AUD5,000,000 G1 Golden Slipper sits squarely in the sights of connections of North England after he became the first two-year-old in Australi ...

9/11/2024

MARKET DEMAND FOR FIRST CROP OF LIFE IS GOOD

The 2022 Pegasus World Cup was one of the racing highlights for boom stallion Life Is Good  The demand for the first crop weanlings of boom stallion Life Is Good was undeniable at Keeneland over the ...

23/10/2024

SARACEN MAKES IMPRESSIVE DEBUT AS A TRIO OF CHC BREDS ARE IN DEMAND IN THE ARQANA AUCTION RING

Saracen was an impressive debut winner China Horse Club’s European breeding division looks to have produced another exciting prospect after the striking colt, Saracen, trounced rivals in an effortle ...

17/10/2024

CHC SELL 3RD HIGHEST PRICED NEW BAY ACROSS BOOKS 1 & 2 AT TATTERSALLS

Amid the waves of headlines being created at Newmarket, Lot 1170 slipped into the ring and exited as the third highest priced of 35 New Bay yearlings sold over Tattersalls record breaking Book 1 and B ...

8/10/2024

2025 SQUARELY IN THE SIGHTS OF SURVIE’S BRAINS TRUST AFTER HER DETERMINED ARC DISPLAY

Survie Survie has exited her determined performance in the €5,000,000 G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in good order and the brains trust of trainer Nicholas Clement, John Hammond (racing manager for ...

2/10/2024

JUDDMONTE SECURES THE PRIZED SON OF CHC’S BLUE HEN MARE FALLING PETALS

Lope de Vega x Falling Petals colt One of the world’s foremost thoroughbred operations has fought hardest to land the latest offering of China Horse Club’s blue hen mare, Falling Petals, at the op ...

20/09/2024

ROSE BLOOM BOLSTERS CHC AUSTRALIA’S STABLE AHEAD OF THE SPRING

Rose Bloom Gifted French filly Rose Bloom will be given the chance to supersede the near G1 successes of Princess Grace after becoming the latest import to be related to Australia by China Horse Club. ...

19/09/2024

HIGH QUALITY FILLY SURVIE JOINS CHC’S EUROPEAN RACING RANKS

Talented French filly, Survie, will be given her chance to add to an honour roll of proven performers purchased by China Horse Club who have gone on to excel at the elite level, after joining the raci ...

17/09/2024

TRIO OF YEARLING BUYS BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 10 FOR 2024

A trio of yearling purchases over the weekend has moved the dial for the 2025 racing operations of the partnership of China Horse Club, WinStar Farm and Siena Farm to an even 10 with the addition of c ...

13/09/2024

STRIKING NYQUIST COLT TO RACE FOR WINSTAR FARM, CHC & SIENA FARM PARNTERSHIP

Nyquist x Spa Treatment colt One of the colts of the sale is set to compete in colours made famous by Justify, Life Is Good, Improbable et al after the partnership of WinStar Farm, China Horse Club an ...

12/09/2024

LIFE IS GOOD A REMINDER OF POSSIBILITIES THROUGH ASTUTE SHOPPING AT KEENELAND

Life Is Good The imposing features of Life Is Good held sway in a morning visit to WinStar Farm ahead of Day 3 of the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, presenting a physical template to measure ...

11/09/2024

CHC, WINSTAR FARM & SIENA FARM PARTNERSHIP SECURES MOST IN DEMAND JUSTIFY IN BOOK 1

Teo Ah Khing (CHC) and Kenny Troutt (WinStar Farm) reunite with Siena Farm to race a stunning son of their great champion Justify The date, 2nd May 2026, will almost certainly be circled on the calend ...

10/09/2024

CHC USA’S YEARLINGS REALIZE USD500,000 EACH ON DAY ONE OF 2024 KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE

Strong demand for CHC USA’s yearlings continued on the opening day of trading at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale with a colt and filly collectively trading for an even million dollars. Al ...

6/09/2024

HAN WEI LEADS YTDS’ CHARGE AT CHINA’S RICHEST RACE DAY

Boom colt Han Wei will spearhead a powerful stable of six runners at China’s richest race day in 2024 for leading operation Inner Mongolia Yitai Desert Star Horse Industries (YTDS) who supplied the ...

20/08/2024

HIGH DEMAND FOR CHC’S NEW BAY & DARK ANGEL YEARLINGS DRIVES STRONG RETURNS

A year after realizing its highest ever results at a yearling auction, China Horse Club returned to Arqana for the 2024 August Yearling Sale and again its yearlings achieved high watermarks. At the cl ...

7/08/2024

ESSENTIAL QUALITY COLT SETS THE TONE WITH USD510,000 PRICE AT 2024 SARATOGA SALE

CHC bred Essential Quality x Summer Solo colt is the highest priced yearling by his first season sire A striking colt by first season sire Essential Quality has set the tone for the China Horse Club†...

5/08/2024

JUSTIFY ELEVATED INTO THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING AND HALL OF FAME

Justify has been elevated into the pantheon of great American thoroughbreds after being inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in New York. The China Horse Club, Head of Plains P ...

23/07/2024

QUARTET OF QUALITY WINNERS FOR CHC AND PARTNERS

It was a collective flexing of equine muscle for China Horse Club and its partners after a quartet of performers in the red and yellow silks all surged to significant wins across both hemispheres. Imp ...

2/07/2024

DEPTH OF CHARACTER ANOTHER PROMISING STAKES WINNER FOR THE CHASE

Depth of Character is the latest stakes winner born at The Chase The sights of trainer Annabel Neasham are locked firmly on the horizon and her thoughts on 2025 after Depth of Character franked his cr ...

15/06/2024

LOVE RUSH IS EXPLOSIVE AT LONGCHAMP

Stakes company looks certain to await Love Rush after the impeccably bred filly lit up Longchamp with a slick turn of gears at only her second career start. The Nicolas Clement trainee became the four ...

13/06/2024

A TRIO OF PROMISING WINNERS FOR CHC & PARTNERS

I Found You was an exceptional yearling that is developing into an exciting racing prospect In the space of 24 hours China Horse Club and partners flexed their thoroughbred muscle with a trio of wins ...

29/04/2024

JUSTIFY NOMINATED TO HALL OF FAME

Justify Horse of the Year Justify (Scat Daddy) headlines a class of nine nominees elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Tuesday. He was elected in his first year of eligibility, ...

20/04/2024

CHC-BRED FILLY TOPS OBS APRIL SALE AFTER RECORD BREEZE

A CHC-bred filly from the first crop of Classic winner Tiz the Law summoned a sale-topping $1.9-million from Michael Lund Petersen at the recently concluded OBS Spring Sale. Bloodstock agent Donato La ...

9/04/2024

FIRST FILLY BORN AT THE CHASE BECOMES ITS FIRST MILLION DOLLAR SALE

Exceed And Excel x Dame Giselle filly was the first born at The Chase and its first million dollar result There was an air of inevitable when an Exceed And Excel filly out of former exceptional raceho ...

20/03/2024

THE CHASE PLAYS A LEADING HAND AGAIN AT THE 2024 ADELAIDE MM YEARLING SALE

Cosmic Force x Why Be Discreet was the second highest priced filly of the 2024 Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale For the third successive season, The Chase has made its presence felt at the Adelai ...

12/03/2024

HOLMES A COURT ENSURES CHC & PARTNERS ARE IN THE MIX FOR THE AUD5,000,000 GOLDEN SLIPPER ONCE AGAIN

For the fifth time in the last six years, China Horse Club and partners will take their place in the world’s richest two-year-old race after Holmes A Court secured his berth with a convincing displa ...

5/03/2024

THE CHASE SETS NEW MEDIAN AVERAGE BENCHMARK AT THE INGLIS PREMIER YEARLING SALE

China Horse Club’s The Chase has made a splash at its inaugural Inglis Premier Yearling Sale recording the highest median average and second highest average at the Melbourne complex over the last de ...

27/02/2024

CHC BRED SAUDI CROWN NARROWLY TOUCHED OUT IN WORLD’S RICHEST RACE

2024 G1 Saudi Cup finish – CHC bred Saudi Crown (grey) narrowly beaten Saudi Crown confirmed his status as one of the world’s premier racehorses when leading until the shadows of the post in t ...

23/02/2024

CHC MAKES PRESENCE FELT AT 2024 PERTH MAGIC MILLIONS YEARLING SALE

China Horse Club made its presence felt at its inaugural participation in the 2024 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale selling a yearling among the top 10 highest priced individuals and being active on ...

19/02/2024

G2 EXPRESSWAY WIN BUILDS KING OF SPARTA EARNINGS TALLY FURTHER

King of Sparta wins G2 Expressway Stakes King of Sparta is already the richest prize money earner China Horse Club has raced in partnership in Australia and after successive feature wins he’s poised ...