About Oaklands Stud

WHEN nature vented her fury ages ago, the ground of the Darling Downs region roared with turbulence and raw power.  As the land shifted violently, it gave rise to an area rich in nature's goodness.
That same district still reverberates with power.  But nowadays it is a power generated from the thundering hooves of countless great racehorses born and raised on the plains of the Darling Downs, a place where Oaklands Stud belongs.
Oaklands Stud comprises four individual properties - Highview, Stonybrook, Markham and the namesake Oakland.  Each property has a distinct, yet inter-related role.  Oaklands is the breeding station, housing stallions and accommodating mares as the latter are being prepared to foal.  Highview is the home to mares which have been served and confirmed in foal and it is where they live during the gestation period.  Mares and their newborn foals are accommodated at Stonybrook but as the foals are weaned they are moved to Markham until their yearlings stage while the mares return to Oaklands for mating as the cycle restarts.
Oaklands Stud has been responsible for some of the finest gallopers to grace Australasian tracks, horses born with a competitive edge and capacity to be placed in the majors - the weight-for-age-championship of the Cox Plate, the stallion-making Ascot Vale Stakes, Doomben 10,000, Stradbroke Handicap, juvenile plums such as the Magic Millions Classic, TJ Smith, Sweet Embrace Stakes and Todman Slipper.
These have been achievements by horses bred with a solitary focus in mind- a focus to be the best of the best, to be superior.
Their creation and development has been forged on vision, skill and the pursuit of excellence by professional personnel whose collective efforts have guaranteed Oaklands Stud a prominent place in the pantheon of Australian breeding.
Each season Oaklands Stud reviews its activities as a means of keeping abreast of changes within the industry and to maintain a lead over the opposition.
The breeding herd changes as part of an internationa plan to raise the quality of the stock and stallions standing at Oaklands Stud have, in the past, been fixtures near the top of the national siring premierships and we fully expect our latest sires to maintain their dominance.
Confidence in the stallion roster at Oaklands Stud for 2010-11 is high. Wicked style, conqueror of the Group 1 Keeneland Breeders Futurity will join the English and Hong Kong victor Chateau Istana, Zabeel's superbly built half-brother Break The Vault, Ascot Vale Stakes and Magic Millions winner Ferocity and the electrifying fast All Bar One epitomise the Oaklands Stud philosophy to select and stand only the very best sires.
Progeny of each of the stallions at Oaklands Stud will be eligible for millions of dollars in prizemoney and bonuses available in specific events for two and three-year-olds staged in Queensland under the Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme (QTIS).
Paramount in the ongoing success of Oaklands Stud is in its dedicated feeding programs where meals are prepared on the main farm and then transported to the neighboring properties, as well as its year-round veterinary services.
Oakland Stud leaves no stone unturned to deliver optimum horse health care with a full-time veterinary surgeon, whose services are boosted each breeding season by the recruitment of additional veterinary and nursing staff.  Together, this expert team  provides horses at Oaklands Stud, Highview, Stonybrook and Markham with first class care and attention.
Together these processes ensure the proper physical development and maintenance of all horses, even in the most testing environmental conditions.
During 2010-11 Oaklands Stud will continue to raise the standard of horsemanship, animal husbandry, stallion and breeding selection, administration and communication to meet future challenges and take advantage of every opportunity.