The Lofty Group

We’re thrilled to share this video featuring racing industry members at the Inglis Yearling Sales Stallion Parade. Watch as they select Lofty Strike as their favourite stallion. Discover why this exceptional horse is capturing hearts and garnering praise for his impressive pedigree and outstanding potential. 🔶 Which NEW Victorian stallion are you sending a mare […]

https://vimeo.com/911030695/4a9cc442dc In a landmark acquisition for Swettenham Stud and the Victorian breeding industry, the illustrious LOFTY STRIKE joins the Swettenham Stud roster for the 2024 breeding season. The cult horse of his generation and one of the best-bred stallion prospects this century, Lofty Strike boasts an impeccable pedigree as the son of champion sire SNITZEL,

We’re thrilled to announce the recent purchase of two new foals to our stable. These two young horses, both filly’s, have been carefully selected for their exceptional bloodlines and promising potential. The first filly (out of Starspangled/All Bloom), currently unnamed, has a striking presence and a curious personality, while the filly (out of Manhattan Rain

Every Thursday, News Corp Australia’s editorial director of racing and wagering Matt Williams and senior racing writer Ben Dorries chat all things horse racing. MW: Benny boy, my “one of the best multis of all time” call didn’t quite go to plan when Kovalica was scratched but the superstar Giga Kick got the job done

Lofty Strike boasts the best formlines heading into The Goodwood at Morphettville and will be hard to beat if the breaks go his way. However you want to assess it – form, ratings, weights – Lofty Strike looks the winner of The Goodwood on paper. His eye-catching Group 1 seconds to In Secret and Uncommon

Lofty Strike will embark upon his first interstate trip for the T.J. Smith Stakes next month at Randwick in a bid to register his first Group 1 win, and trainer Julius Sandhu isn’t ruling out travel abroad with his star colt. The son of Snitzel out of Golden Slipper winner Overreach has studs circling feverishly

It’s a race with close to 150 years of history and on Saturday, Craig Newitt will try to become the most successful jockey the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap has ever seen. As a three-time winner of the famous sprint race, Newitt shares the record with Damien Oliver, and he will partner Lofty Strike in this

Craig Newitt knows a good sprinter when he sits on one and he’s convinced Lofty Strike is just that. Newitt has ridden sprinters of the calibre of Miss Andretti, Lankan Rupee and Extreme Choice and after Saturday’s Oakleigh Plate he is hoping Julius Sandhu’s colt can join the Group 1 club. The 37-year-old will be

When Julius Sandhu drives into his Cranbourne stables at 3:15am each day, he can predict how his next 10 minutes will unfold. An alert Lofty Strike, Saturday’s favourite for the Oakleigh Plate, will have his head over the box calling out for his trainer once the stable lights go on. “The first thing I do

Lofty Strike completed the first step of trainer Julius Sandhu’s autumn plan with his decisive success in the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes at Sandown. Sandhu set the three-year-old the task of winning the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate or Newmarket Handicap during an autumn that could also include a trip to Sydney for The Championships in