THE GAME CHANGER The Danehill dynasty has made a mighty mark on Australian breeding, but it is 50 years since the real game changer passed away, his weary head in the arms of his handler, at Baramul Stud in the Widden Valley of NSW. He was Star Kingdom, who injected speed into the Australian thoroughbred, creating a line of precocious racehorses that laid siege to the elite juvenile events. Star Kingdom, by Stardust, a son of Lord Derby’s great Hyperion, from Impromptu, an unraced Concerto mare, was foaled in Ireland in 1946 and passed away in Australia in 1967. He … Continue reading Star Kingdom