Quilly Park’s Richard Anderson has plenty of faith in the unraced stallion De Gaulle (Exceed and Excel x Response) which he bought in partnership with Brooker Park Stud’s John Pratt to stand at Bombora Downs. After covering only nine mares in a heavily Covid-impacted 2021, Anderson said the interest in the stallion continues to gather momentum and he is confident […] Continue Reading
Original news story published on January 27th by Gilbert Gardiner on Racenet Update: Racing was canceled due to weather, Sapphire Sioux will make her debut at another meeting soon. Good luck finding a prettier filly than Sapphire Sioux. On Friday at Cranbourne, weather permitting, owner-breeder Richard Anderson and trainer Greg Eurell will find out if the piercing blue eyed […] Continue Reading
Remarque is a full brother to Estijaab and a half-brother to Quilly Park stallion De Gaulle. We are excited about his return to the track, written up by Clinton Payne in the Herald Sun on August 6th, 2021 and re-published below. Berry buoyed by colt’s return by Clinton Payne The phrase ‘all’s well that ends well’ summed up […] Continue Reading
Original news story published on December 15th by Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria on tbv.com.au She’s yet to hit the race track, but blue eyed and white faced Sapphire Sioux has become something of a sensation after being unveiled on social media last week. On her dazzling looks alone, the two-year-old chestnut filly is destined to garner a cult following and it […] Continue Reading
Our De Gaulle filly Rue Lepic (x Great Cross) won her first trial at Cranbourne this morning over 600m. Quilly Park’s Managing Director Richard Anderson said, ‘It was a very encouraging start this morning for De Gaulle with Rue Lepic winning her first trial at Cranbourne. What a result!’ I’m impressed with her professional attitude for such a young age. […] Continue Reading
Estijaab was crowned the season’s Champion Two-Year-Old at the Australian Horse of the Year awards ceremony in Melbourne on Thursday, October 4th. We were over the moon the way she came and won that race, it was just a wonderful feeling. Any award gives you a great thrill and this is one of them. Emirates Park director Shalabh Sahu quoted […] Continue Reading
Feature image: Sun Stud’s Palentino Quilly Park are expecting 10 foals on the ground later this year. The stallions were handpicked for our broodmares by pedigree expert Diane Neylon. AVIENUS Our Group 2 winning mare Avienus is in foal to dual Group 1 winner and first season sire Palentino. We are excited by this mating with Sun Stud’s fast miler from the […] Continue Reading
We are excited to announce that De Gaulle will stand at Mornington Peninsula’s Bombora Downs this season. Quilly Park’s Managing Director Richard Anderson said, ‘John [Pratt] and myself were looking at keeping De Gaulle privately but after Estijaab’s performance it has essentially given us the opportunity to commercialise our stallion.’ ‘We are delighted to take this opportunity to work with […] Continue Reading
When Estijaab overcame a wide barrier to win the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill, she gave an enormous boost to De Gaulle’s pedigree. The John Hawkes trained filly won two of three lead-up starts before going on to win the world’s richest two-year-old race. Her success backs up our belief in the bloodline and makes us all the more […] Continue Reading