The biggest fortnight of horse auctions in the southern hemisphere is almost upon us, with on-site inspections for the Australian Easter Yearling Sale set to begin on Monday. Eight drafts (Kitchwin Hills, Newhaven Park, Widden Stud, Arrowfield Stud, Canning Downs Stud, Glenlogan Park, Lucas Bloodstock and Milburn Creek) will be parading at Riverside Stables from […]
Dubai World Cup 2018 drew participation of 118 horses from across the world, including the host UAE, United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Ireland, China and Japan. More than 60,000 fans of horse racing also watched the event. Dubai World Cup has become one of the highly important cultural and sporting events in the UAE. […]
Thunder Snow Wins Dubai World Cup Saeed bin Suroor has dominated the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline like no other trainer and won the US $10 million feature for a stunning eighth time with the Christophe Soumillon-ridden Thunder Snow. The winner of the UAE Derby on this card 12 months ago was smartly […]
Latest on the Dubai World Cup 2018 Talismanic is Not Just a Pretty Face French handler Andre Fabre, who is hoping that Talismanic can provide him with a victory in the Dubai World… Talismanic is Not Just a Pretty Face French handler Andre Fabre, who is hoping that Talismanic can provide him with a victory […]
$2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen Sponsored By Gulf News (G1) Jordan Sport – Had a gentle workout at trainer Fawzi Nass’s base at Desert Stables in Al Quoz. Mind Your Biscuits – A day after working a spirited half mile, last year’s winner Mind Your Biscuits bucked the US trend of staying in the barn […]
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2018 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale Day 1, Book 1 The Hot Lots A busy week of inspections has vendors and buyers ready for the 2018 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, which begins on Sunday at Oaklands Junction. To view the Inglis TV Premier Preview, CLICK HERE. Day 1, Book 1, 4th March 2018 1 – 117 […]
Research Points a a Strong Inglis Sale in Melbourne Yes prices are rising but the value proposition is outpacing that rise, you are actually getting more for your money this year than ever before. The hard work of the Sales Companies and the States is clearly paying off as demand for Yearlings continues to grow, […]
By Julieanne Horsman AUCTION HOUSE INGLIS HAS THROW OPEN THE DOORS TO ITS BRAND NEW RIVERSIDE STABLES, CLOSING THE BOOK ON MORE THAN A CENTURY OF SALES AT NEWMARKET. Guests at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, which begins tomorrow, are in for a treat especially those who’ve never stepped foot inside the $140million Riverside Stables […]
Winter Lightning wins the UAE 1,000 Guineas Three-year-old filly Winter Lightning continued her impressive start to the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival with an excellent victory in the Listed UAE 1,000 Guineas over a mile on dirt at Meydan, UAE, on Thursday, 8 February. The daughter of Shamardal, a half-sister to Thunder Snow and representing […]
Winx Heads to G1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) Champion mare Winx will launch her autumn campaign in the $600,000 TAB G1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) on March 3 at Royal Randwick, Chris Waller has announced. Originally, the G2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) on February 17 had been slated as her first up target, the race which […]
Inglis’ Riverside Stables officially opens Inglis’ Riverside Stables complex at Warwick Farm was this morning officially opened by Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres. Mr Ayres, Inglis deputy chairman Arthur Inglis and Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster were joined by Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller and NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley to plant a sapling from […]
Dubai World Cup Carnival Update Racing at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday was highlighted by an impressive performance by promising 3-year-old Yulong Warrior, as well as the Zayed Sports City Trophy, an ultra-competitive 1400m turf handicap, and it did not disappoint with three runners in a line with just 50m remaining before Ejaaby swept clear to […]
Horse Racing News: China May Make Gambling on Races Legal With existing exceptions on Basketball and Soccer, talk of Casino’s in Hainan and the move by Hong Kong Jockey Club into China there seems to be an increasing chance of live betting coming to China’s racetracks. China has embraced the sport with a passion over […]
Dubai World Cup Carnival News Talismanic On Target for Dubai World Cup; Ertijaal Sharp at Seven; Championship Ready to Defend His Fort • Talismanic On Target for Dubai World Cup • Championship Ready to Defend His Fort • Ertijaal Sharp at Seven • D B Pin Eyes Shaheen; Classic Emperor to Handicap • Improving Janszoon […]
Talismatic Takes Aim at Dubai World Cup By J A McGrath at Godolphin Talismanic, winner of the G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar, is set to be a major contender for Godolphin in the G1 Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday, 31 March. Trainer Andre Fabre took a decision soon after the popular […]
Winx Makes Impressive Return By Ray Hickson at Racing NSW Winx is back and, in an ominous sign for any potential rivals in Australia or around the world, trainer Chris Waller dares to think she could be even better in 2018. The champion saves her best efforts for race day, that’s why she won 22 […]
An elite catalogue of 534 top-level yearlings will be the focus of the world’s thoroughbred industry at the 2018 Australian Easter Yearling Sale at Riverside Stables from April 9-11. Among the catalogue, which is now available online, are 38 siblings to Group 1 winners such as Catchy, Starspangledbanner, Mighty Boss, Shoals, Buffering, Mossfun, Lankan Rupee, […]
Godolphin sends out a powerful team for the second fixture of the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival, with last year’s G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen runner-up Comicas among 18 runners at Meydan, UAE, on Thursday, 18 January. Five-year-old Comicas (Charlie Appleby/William Buick, drawn five) races on dirt for the six-furlong G3 Dubawi Stakes having thrived over […]
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is Coming The countdown is on to the sale that provided last year’s Golden Slipper quinella, with the final touches being put on Riverside Stables ahead of next month’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. A total of 800 horses have been catalogued for the fastest-growing sale in the southern hemisphere, which this […]
Saeed bin Suroor Top 5 for Dubai World Cup Carnival Thunder Snow We gave Thunder Snow a good break after his last run on Champions Day at Ascot in October, when the ground was very soft. He has been working well out in Dubai and looks to be in good form ahead of R1 of […]
Meydan Group has released the list of horses accepted for the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival, which gets underway at Meydan Racecourse on Thursday January 11, 2018. The list features 132 accepted horses with the intention to ship from 15 countries, including 14 Group 1 winners from many points of the globe. Several international stars […]
China Horse Racing: Rui Severino Takes the Training Championship Rui Severino has claimed the Championship Crown in China’s Kunming Province home of the Rider Horse Club CITIC RIDER JIALIZE Jockey Club. Rui has had a golden run since leaving Australia to train in China, he has claimed 2 Group 2 races and finished an unlucky […]
Happy Clapper is Back By Ray Hickson at Racing NSW Pat Webster has never dodged Winx and isn’t going to start now but he’s hoping his own star Happy Clapper can emulate one of the champion’s feats in the autumn. The seven-year-old has been back in work with Webster at Randwick for less than a […]
Meydan Racecourse hosts its fourth meeting of the new season Three weeks before the first night of the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival, Meydan Racecourse stages a meeting befitting of the international extravaganza, featuring a triad of Listed races for Thoroughbreds. The main highlight is The Entisar Sponsored By Al Tayer Motors over the same […]
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Hong Kong Racing to Come to China Knightsbridge are very excited about the news in China, our 1st syndicated horses will be arriving in China in 2018 and the outlook for the sport there looks bright. By J A McGrath at Godolphin A visit to Hong Kong for the International Races in December never fails […]
The catalogue for the 2018 Australian Easter Yearling Sale is taking shape, with an elite line up set to grace Riverside Stables on April 9-11. The annual Inglis Easter Preview Magazine is now available online and contains the pedigrees of hundreds of world-class yearlings that will be offered to a local and international buying bench […]
Declaration of War Makes His Mark in Dubai The Sir Mark Prescott-trained On The Warpath (2c Declaration Of War-Elusive Pearl, by Medaglia d’Oro) could barely have won more easily when running away with a maiden in Britain this week. The first-crop Declaration Of War colt cruised clear of his opponents in the seven-furlong contest on […]
Changes to Dubai World Cup Carnival · Meydan Classic Turf Distance increased from 1400m to 1600m · Meydan Group releases the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival Programme of Races The Meydan Group is pleased to announce that three races in the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival programme have been upgraded, adding thunder to an already […]
Doug Watson Dominating UAE Race Cards Champion Trainer, Doug Watson, has his team in flying form and after four winners at Meydan on Thursday, saddled the 1-2 in the featured 2200m handicap, the only Thoroughbred race on the card, at Abu Dhabi on Sunday. In a desperately close finish, stable jockey, Pat Dobbs, who rode […]
The 2018 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale will be the biggest in the company’s history with 800 horses catalogued for the first ever auction at Riverside Stables. Progeny from 109 sires including Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Choisir, Exceed And Excel, Fastnet Rock, Written Tycoon, Hinchinbrook, Not A Single Doubt, Pierro, Savabeel, Sebring and Star Witness are […]
Changes for the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival · Meydan Classic Turf Distance increased from 1400m to 1600m · Meydan Group releases the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival Programme of Races The Meydan Group is pleased to announce that three races in the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival programme have been upgraded, adding thunder to […]
Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards Fourteen-time Group One winning mare Winx was crowned Australia’s Champion Racehorse for the second straight year at the awards hosted by Racing Queensland in Brisbane on Sunday. It comes as the Chris Waller-trained mare prepares to attempt winning a third-consecutive Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 28, following […]
Inglis is the Home of Champions Five Inglis Graduates were named champions of the 2016-2017 Australian racing season at last night’s Australian Racehorse of the Year awards in Brisbane. The brilliant season of syndicators Darby Racing was recognised as horses they race won two awards, She Will Reign being named Champion 2YO and Yankee Rose […]
War Stars at Inglis Ready To Run Sale By Kristen Manning It is usually the big name stallions who dominated sale results so it was good to see Wednesday’s Inglis Ready To Run Sale topped by a stallion who stands at a fee affordable to many owner/breeders. It was not Snitzel or Fastnet Rock who […]
Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Melbourne: The Hot Lots Here are some of the lots that have caught the eye of Knightsbridge Lot 139: I Am Invincible X Lustful This one is not only very well bred but he clocked an impressive 10.07 and this boy could well be the sale topper Lot 39: More Than […]
Ampulla Lodge’s I Am Invincible x Lustful colt (Lot 139) clocked 10.07secs for his 200m gallop at Canterbury today, making it the fastest breeze up time in the history of the Inglis Ready2Race sale. >Steve Jostlear of Ampulla Lodge was thrilled with his star performer, although not surprised. “This horse has shown us he’s super […]
The Melbourne breeze-ups for the 2017 Inglis Ready2Race Sale have today been completed at a wet and windy Cranbourne Turf Club, with 82 horses dashing around the track on their way to the sale. The two-year-olds, all of which will be sold at next month’s sale in Melbourne, breezed up on the Cranbourne course proper with […]
A full field of 14 will line up in Saturday’s A$200,000 Inglis China-Australia Cup Final (1200m) at Yulong Racecourse in Shanxi. The race – the richest in China at RMB 1million – forms part of Inglis’ program to support horse racing in China. The field of 14 is made up of runners sourced by several […]
Inglis Ready To Run Sale: The Hot Lots By Kristen Manning The Ready To Run concept has taken a bit longer to be accepted in Australia than other parts of the world but over the past few years the catalogues for such sales have strengthened and the upcoming Inglis sale to be held in early […]
Saratoga Sale Shows Strength of Thoroughbred Industry The Saratoga Sale concluded its two-night run on Tuesday with gains across the board and an historical high in median, bolstered by a deep buying bench with purchasers from North America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and Dubai. “We had had high expectations coming into the sale and we exceeded […]
The catalogue for Australia’s most lucrative 2YO Sale continues to grow, with the 2017 Inglis Ready2Race Sale shaping as the best ever. With 10 days remaining before entries close on Friday August 4, vendors are again lining up to be involved in the action, which this year will take place at Oaklands Junction, Melbourne on […]
Inglis Turangga Farm Sale Shows Strong Demand for Broodmares Inglis delivered yet another great sale with the Turangga Farm event. Broodmares proved to be hot property as the breeding season in Australia approaches. Stuart Ramsey “couldn’t be happier’’ with today’s Turangga Farm Unreserved Dispersal of In-Foal Mares Sale at White Park. Brilliant Bisc (Elvstroem x […]
2018 Inglis Select Yearling Sale Following a record 2017 season, attention has switched to next year when more horses will be sold on more days of auction as the company expands and moves its Sydney base to Riverside Stables. Around 2000 yearlings were sold through an Inglis Select Yearling Sale this year, at an outstanding […]
OBS and China Horse Club Big Winners at Belmont China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners LLC, SF Racing LLC et al’s American Anthem surged to the front at the head of the stretch of Belmont’s $500,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (G2), opened a big lead in mid-stretch and coasted home to a 3-1/4 length victory […]
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Dubai World Cup: Baffert Vs Pletcher Vs Team Godolphin The Dubai World Cup brings together not only the worlds best horses, but also the worlds best trainers. This Year the focus is on the 2 Americans, Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher, local Team Godolphin trainers field some strong hopes as well. The legend Suroor and […]
By Andrew Hawkins The Hong Kong International Sale, to be held next Friday night (17 March) in the Sha Tin parade ring, is a one-of-a-kind sale. It brings together unraced stock, purchased from some of the grandest yearling auctions in the world, who are then offered exclusively for sale to Hong Kong’s ownership brigade. With […]
Hong Kong International Sale: European Hot Lots By David Morgan The Hong Kong International Sale on the evening of Friday, 17 March will offer Hong Kong racehorse owners the chance to purchase unraced stock, selected from the world’s elite thoroughbred sales and prepared for the Hong Kong circuit at pre-training facilities in England and New […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: 2017 Hong Kong International Sale By Andrew Hawkins The 2017 Hong Kong International Sale (HKIS) on the evening of Friday, 17 March gives Hong Kong Jockey Club members the opportunity to purchase any of 31 select lots, sourced from some of the world’s most prominent yearling auctions and offered to the […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing News: Joao Moreira the Sha Tin King By David Morgan It was the Mr Stunning show at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 5 March), or Messrs Stunning, to be more accurate. While the horse of that name shone in the Class 1 Friendship Bridge Handicap to place himself on the cusp […]
Dubai Horse Racing: Group 1 Jebel Hatta and the 1800m Dubai Turf The turf feature on the US$1.8 million Super Saturday card at Meydan Racecourse is the Group 1 Jebel Hatta sponsored by Emirates Airline, and is the official prep race for the 1800m Dubai Turf on Dubai World Cup Day. Decorated Knight, representing England […]
Dubai Horse Racing: Super Saturday The world’s richest day of racing, the Dubai World Cup is just three weeks away and Meydan Racecourse is all set to stage the official dress rehearsal – Super Saturday with a seven race card. The official feature race on the night is the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 […]
by Mike Hedge at Godolphin Godolphin’s G1 Golden Slipper lead-up plans have taken a new turn with the decision to switch Trekking’s lead-up to the $3.5m race from Randwick to Canberra this weekend. Trainer John O’Shea made the call after persistent rain in Sydney made a certainty of a heavy track for the G2 Todman […]
Fasig Tipton Gulfstream Sale: The Hot Lots The Fasig Tipton sale has some great 2yo’s that will sell today, here are some of the best: Hip 35 Spring at Last Colt By SPRING AT LAST (2003), $1,139,150, Donn H. [G1], Godolphin Mile [G2], etc. Sire of 6 crops,16 black type winners, $10,451,782, including Spring in […]
By Mike Hedge at Godolphin The prospect of a repeat Godolphin victory in the G1 Canterbury Stakes looms large at Randwick on Saturday when the stable sends out Impending and Hauraki in a bid to emulate Holler’s 2016 success. On a Randwick program that is under threat from rain, trainer John O’Shea also has Malaise […]
By Andrew Hawkins The BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) may be off the agenda for Tony Cruz-trained California Whip, but jockey Neil Callan believes the four-year-old has the ability to still prove one of the best horses of his generation – albeit in shorter races. He will continue on a sprinter-miler path, beginning with Wednesday […]
Werther Wins Hong Kong Gold Cup, Ready for Dubai Turf By Andrew Hawkins at HKJC Hong Kong’s reigning Horse of the Year Werther maintained his perfect record over the Sha Tin 2000m with a gutsy win in Sunday’s (26 February) Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup as trainer John Moore confirmed plans to tackle the US$6 […]
Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale Some of the World’s best 2yos in training go under the hammer at Gulfstream Park in the coming week. Horses like Tapit, Pioneerof the Nile, Uncle Mo and Curlin are well represented and this could well be a record year for the 2yos. Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 162 entries for The Gulfstream Sale […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: Hong Kong Gold Cup and Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup By David Morgan at HKJC With Hong Kong in the grip of a murky, cloud-covered cold snap, Zac Purton is crossing his fingers that any rain will remain locked overhead, at least until Beauty Only has had his chance to break the […]
By Mike Hedge at Godolphin Winx, the world’s second highest-rated racehorse, has laid down a challenge for the No.1 position with a 15th successive victory. Already the world’s best filly or mare and the best turf horse in training, Winx cruised to a two-length win in the G1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. […]
Michael Freedman was at Sha Tin racecourse this morning (Friday, 24 February) to meet local media, one week on from last Friday’s announcement that the Sydney-based trainer will join the Hong Kong ranks in July, working out of the Olympic Stables complex. The Australian handler, who was a key cog in the Freedman family’s elite […]
Trading the key to success for Price Bloodstock By Trent Masenhelder (G1X.com.au) Price Bloodstock are geniuses when it comes to horse trading; one of the best in the business. Established in 1995, Price Bloodstock is an active player at the various yearling sales in Australia and New Zealand. They then ‘test drive’ their stock to […]
Ertijaal was sent off a short-priced favourite for this Gr.3 [Meydan Sprint] over 1000m, having only been beaten once in his last six starts, five of which were at Meydan, when finishing three quarters of a length second to Buffering in the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint. After a fairly even break, the son of OASIS […]
From J A McGrath at Godolphin The unfortunate injury sustained by Godolphin jockey James Doyle forced trainer John O’Shea to seek a substitute for Hartnell in Saturday’s G1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. O’Shea turned immediately to ever-reliable Brenton Avdulla, who is certainly not one to be fazed by another clash with Australia’s highest-rated horse, […]
By Mike Hedge at Godolphin A start in the G1 Golden Slipper is assured for Veranillo after the colt ran up to his best form to take second place in the G2 Silver Slipper Stakes behind She Will Reign at Rosehill on Saturday. With his racetrack earnings now high enough to get Veranillo into the […]
Australian Racing News: Big Names are Coming to G1X An exceptionally rare share in one of Australia’s most valuable colts has been listed for sale at G1Xchange.com. Extreme Choice, a brilliant winner of the 2016 G1 Blue Diamond Stakes and G1 Moir Stakes, is one of the hottest stallion prospects in Australia and returns to […]
Piccadillies (3f Uncle Mo x Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) , the last filly foal from celebrated Coolmore Australia matron Piccadilly Circus became a winner at Kilmore on Thursday. Prepared by Lee and Anthony Freedman, Piccadillies cast off maiden status with a stylish length victory in the 1200 metre maiden as a short priced favourite. […]
Hong Kong Classic Cup: Can California Whip Go 1800m By Andrew Hawkins at HKJC Emerging four-year-old California Whip has had an unorthodox preparation for the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) on Sunday, 19 February, but jockey Neil Callan believes the English import is ready to step up for his biggest test yet – although the […]
Tattersalls February Sale Shows Rising Value of Thoroughbreds The Tattersalls February Sale, being held over two days for the first time, saw records across the board as it concluded on Friday evening. The robust trade continued from where it left off yesterday with a remarkable 94% clearance rate sending turnover past 2 million guineas for […]
HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Wins Jebel Ali Sprint With Morawij Morawij (Exceed and Excel) Thirteen may have gone to post for the Listed Jebel Ali Sprint on Friday afternoon but, from just after halfway, the race had developed into a duel with Morawij ultimately repeating his victory of 2016 in the 1000m […]
2017 Silver Slipper Stakes Predictions The 2017 Silver Slipper Stakes is going to be one of the best races of the Sydney Autumn racing carnival at Rosehill Gardens. It is a Group 2 rated event hosted for two year, it is a fast run 1100m (5 1/2 furlongs). This is the first Group rated event […]
Dubai Horse Racing News: UAE 2000 Guineas Meydan Racecourse: Group 1 winner, Thunder Snow ran away with UAE 2000 Guineas sponsored by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City – District One over 1600m on dirt to give the Godolphin racing operation one of four winners on the night and a total of seven over the […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing News By David Morgan It was a day for favourites at Sha Tin on Saturday, 11 February, as seven of the 10 races fell the way of the market pick. And that was the case, too, in the afternoon’s Class 2 standouts as California Disegno and House Of Fun obliged. Silvestre […]
Really Special Looks Set for UAE 1000 Guineas The first classic of the season will be staged at Meydan Racecourse on Thursday night when 11 fillies go to post for the UAE 1000 Guineas Sponsored by Al Tayer Motors, a Listed race over 1600m and really special looks like the horse to beat. First contested […]
Winx Vs Hartnell in the Apollo Stakes Winx and Hartnell have met a few times over similar a distance and Winx is by far the superior 1400m horse. Starting in May 2015, she has won thirteen consecutive races including the Cox Plate and Doncaster Mile. She was named the 2015-6 Australian Horse of the Year, […]
By David Morgan at Hong Kong Jockey Club Rapper Dragon is 12 days out from an attempt to emulate last season’s star four-year-old Sun Jewellery and add the Hong Kong Classic Cup (19 February) to his emphatic victory in last month’s Hong Kong Classic Mile. Floral Pegasus in 2007 is the only other horse to […]
Australian Horse Racing: Maurice Takes up Duties at Arrowfield Stud Champion Miler and six-time Group 1 winner Maurice will shuttle to Arrowfield from the 2017 southern hemisphere breeding season onwards. Maurice was named Japan’s 2015 Horse of the Year, Champion Sprinter & Champion Miler. He was also honoured with a Special JRA Award for his […]
Arrogate, officially recognised as the world’s best racehorse of 2016, has been nominated for the Saturday March 25 Dubai World Cup, along with a host of other global stars of racing. The Bob Baffert-trained four-year-old, who was the runaway winner of the Pegasus World Cup, produced his star performance to date when beating the 2016 […]
Godolphin Takes on Winx and the Golden Slipper from Mike Hedge at Godolphin Australia’s two highest-rate racehorses will on Saturday announce the beginning of eagerly anticipated Autumn campaigns that seems certain to leave Australia with the world’s best racehorse. Winx and Hartnell, the former bred by Darley, the latter raced by Godolphin, weighed in third […]
from J A McGrath at Godolphin The season’s first major upset in the ranks of America’s Classic generation occurred when Classic Empire suffered a comprehensive defeat inflicted by Irish War Cry in Saturday’s G2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, Florida. All indications are that last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner was not at his […]
Godolphin Ready for Golden Slipper Glory Get all the Godolphin News Godolphin has its first confirmed starter in the 2017 G1 Golden Slipper Stakes thanks to a courageous victory by Veranillo in Saturday’s Listed Hinchinbrook Plate at Randwick. Veranillo kept his unbeaten record intact, scoring by a length-and-a-half from Exceeds, but only after fending […]
Abu Dhabi Horse Racing News: Tadhg O’Shea The Group 3 Al Ruwais, over 1000m, is the highlight at Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday, with a select field of seven set to face the starter, including AF Maqayes, the mount of UAE Champion Jockey, Tadhg O’Shea. Homebred by Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda and trained by […]
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Horse Racing News: Tattersalls February Sale Update Records were broken on the opening day of the Tattersalls February Sale when the Listed-winning filly EASTON ANGEL sold for 500,000 guineas. With trade taking place over two days for the first time this year, a total of 157 lots were sold realising 3,273,300 guineas, already a record […]
Horse Racing News: Australia Launches The Everest $10m Turf Sprint After the runaway success of the Pegasus World Cup get ready for a lot of similar races around the world. Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club were first to jump today as they announced the launch of The Everest, an exciting new race with […]
Kitasan Black Outduels Maurice for 2016 Horse of the Year Kitasan Black at 2016 Japan Cup Kitasan Black drew 134 out of 291 votes to win The Japan Racing Association’s 2016 Horse of the Year based on an outstanding season that included victories in the Tenno Sho (Spring) and the Japan Cup. Maurice, who won […]
Horse Racing News: The Pegasus World Cup was a Hit The Stronach Group’s inaugural running of the $12 Million Pegasus World Cup Invitational was held on Saturday, January 28th, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, to a crowd of more than 12,000 fans. Total handle on the $12 million Pegasus World Cup on Saturday […]
Dubai Horse Racing News Godolphin Continue Classic Meydan Weekend With Saturday Feature Victory Close finishes were the order of the day at Meydan on Saturday evening, including the hard fought success of Classic Collection, the only Godolphin-owned runner on the card, in the DP World, UAE Region, over 1800m on turf. The race looked ultra-competitive […]
California Chrome: The Legend Heads to Taylor Made We all have a bad day horses included, yesterdays Pegasus World Cup took nothing away from California Chrome‘s brilliant career. The Champion now heads to Taylor Made to build his legacy through his progeny. There have been a lot of stories about yesterday’s Pegasus World Cup, Chrome […]
Hong Kong New Year’s Horse Racing By David Morgan at the HKJC Beauty Only’s storming stretch run to win last month’s G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile might have announced the gelding on the world stage but jockey Zac Purton is under no illusions as to which horse remains the Hong Kong Mile division’s big daddy, […]
Godolphin Takes a Look at the Global Horse Racing Week Ahead By J A McGrath at Goldolphin If it seems that a major two-year-old race worth a seven-figure sum is run every second week in Australasia, it is hardly surprising. In this part of the racing world, the concept is contagious. Only two weeks after […]
Godolphin a Winner in the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings from Godolphin’s Mike Hedge Godolphin’s best American runner and its best Australian performer of 2016 have been officially named among the top 10 racehorses in the world. Frosted, whose 14-1/4 length demolition of the G1 Metropolitan Handicap field at Belmont in June will be remembered […]
In 2016, Lane’s End welcomed one of the most exciting and dynamic stallion crops in memory. The retiring quartet included the champion HONOR CODE and the Grade 1 winners LIAM’S MAP, MR SPEAKER and TONALIST. Now, the first foals from this Fantastic Four are on the ground…and they are already generating a buzz. On Jan. […]
Godolphin, Lonhro and the Blue Diamond by Mike Hedge at Godolphin The unraced two-year-old’s Unwise (Lonhro) and Ganzfeld (Lonhro) will provide a guide to their immediate futures and to their standing in Godolphin’s Australian two-year-old team when they run in Blue Diamond Previews at Caulfield on Thursday. Unwise, a daughter of Lonhro, goes into the […]
Horse racing is a big industry, the third largest in Australia, but one built on tradition. While the most famous race, the Melbourne Cup dates back to a first running in 1861; it is not Australia’s oldest race. The sport goes back to the first fleet and Hyde Park in old Sydney Town is credited […]
Pegasus Word Cup: Outside Favors California Chrome and Here is Why Deciphering this complicated 2 horse race Arrogate drew the inside 1 post and California Chrome has been relegated to the extreme outside 12, race over?, not so fast, this may not help Arrogate. Breeder’s Cup The last time both these horses met was in […]
The Hong Kong Classic Mile: Our Selections We have the Kiwi gelding Beauty Generation (Road to Rock) on top in this one, his stablemate Rapper Dragon (Street Boss) next best. Beauty Generation, who was G1-placed in Australia when named Montaigne, has had two starts in Hong Kong, finishing second on debut in a 1400m Class […]
By David Morgan at the HKJC Pakistan Star the local celebrity gelding by Sharmadal and the John Moore stable’s Rapper Dragon, Beauty Generation and Eagle Way will carry the heaviest weight of expectation into Sunday’s (22 January) Hong Kong Classic Mile, but just off-radar, Nash Rawiller is anticipating something exciting from Aussie Seasons Bloom. “I’ve […]