The Thoroughbred Report caught up with Blair Richardson of Vantage Hill. Richardson, alongside his wife, Nikki Richardson, operates the breaking and pre-training facility.
The progeny of Kia Ora Stud’s G1 Golden Slipper S. winner, Farnan, have been receiving plenty of positive feedback as his first runners are set to debut this spring. Richardson, who has worked with a few of Farnan’s progeny, rates them highly. “I’ve had a couple of Farnans, and from the ones we’ve had they are very nice horses with fantastic temperaments,” he said.
“They are also beautiful types. One filly has gone to Annabel (Neasham). She was just a lovely, forward type of filly with a fantastic temperament. She was pretty early, just a really nice type of filly and a nice mover.”
The Farnan filly Richardson refers to is out of the Sepoy mare Lusitania. She was offered by Lime Country Thoroughbreds at the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where Annabel Neasham Racing purchased her for $250,000.
Lusitania, her dam, is a half-sister to the Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Alinghi (Encosta De Lago), who won the G1 Newmarket H., the G1 Blue Diamond S., the G1 Thousand Guineas, and the G1 Swettenham Stud S. This family also includes Beneteau, who won the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (Colts and Geldings) and was placed in the G1 Blue Diamond S.
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