Welcome to Stallions Australasia
Stallions Australasia Pty Ltd., founded in 2013 by Peter O’Rourke and David Shammall – names synonymous with quality and success in the Harness Racing industry – are specialists in importing the frozen semen of elite Northern hemisphere-based Standardbred stallions to the Australian and New Zealand market.
We provide access for our clients to the frozen semen of trotting and pacing stallions from North America and Europe from a central storage base and distribute the semen to farms, veterinarians and individual breeders through our agents in Australia and New Zealand.
Our directors have a wealth of experience in managing stallions and in the handling of frozen semen, working with most of the major stud farms in the business. This gives us the opportunity to source the best stallions available.
We strongly market and promote our stallions using people who are familiar with the industry, keeping our clientele up-to-date with the latest breeding information.
Stallions Australasia is constantly developing our services to take good care of our customers and is proud of the high conception rates it has achieved with their roster of quality, young fertile stallions.
LATEST NEWS
Tactical Landing yearlings at Nutrien Melbourne sale
March 28, 2026
Champion American sire TACTICAL LANDING is dually represented at the 2026 Nutrien Equine Melbourne Yearling Sale on April 12.
A colt out of the Kadabra mare Mason Magic, a daughter of the Inter Dominion champion Sumthingaboutmaori is listed as Lot 332.
A classy, athletic type, he’s a half-brother to four winners including the Group 1 winner Aldebaran Misty ($116,000) and the APTS Classic winner Aldebaran Miley ($164,000).
The other TACTICAL LANDING is a filly (Lot 342), from the Group 1 winner Mizzuri, the dam of last year’s two-year-old winner Zoolu.
The winner of five races, Mizzuri ranks as a half-sister to the SA Trotters Cup and John Slack Memorial victor Jazspur ($155,000) and Majestic Pride (10 wins).
By Peter Wharton
Tactical Landing winners in
Australia and NZ
February 22, 2026
TACTICAL LANDING left notable winners on both sides of the Tasman this weekend.
On Friday night, Final Approach overcame a 10 metre handicap and a wide passage to outstay his rivals at Alexandra Park, Auckland.
Out of a mare by Majestic Son, Final Approach has now won three races and $41,000 in stakes.
Meanwhile, the five-year-old Kyvalley Maven came from midfield to dismiss a handy lineup in a new lifetime mark of 1:56.7 at Melton the following night. It was the gelding’s sixth success and lifted his stake earnings to $115,000.
Bred and raced by Melbournian Jim Connelly, Kyvalley Maven is also from a Majestic Son mare.
By Peter Wharton
Victorian winners by Tactical Landing
February 6, 2025
The leading trotting sire TACTICAL LANDING was represented by very impressive winners on Victorian tracks on consecutive days this week.
Firstly, Ruby’s Dream, a five-year-old mare, overcame a 20-metre handicap to score a hard fought win at Maryborough. It was her seventh success from just 15 starts.
The following night at Ballarat, the four-year-old Kyvalley Judge kept his unbeaten record in tact when he finished stoutly from midfield to down his rivals at Ballarat.
TACTICAL LANDING has left seven winners from 10 Australian-bred starters to date.
By Peter Wharton
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