A majority interest in Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorius has been secured by Newgate this week. The Anthony and Sam Freedman trained star juvenile was scintillating in Saturday’s event, earning a 118 Timeform rating. This performance came off the back of a strong maiden victory where he annihilated a good group of 2YOs by 4.5L […]
A gross of $2.17 million in the February (Late) Online Sale has seen the Inglis Digital platform reach a historical milestone of $100 million in total turnover since its launch in May 2017. It also brings the overall 2021 figure to $9.3 million, while the clearance rate was again strong at 78%. 4YO gelding Heyington […]
At just his third lifetime start the son of Flying Artie stormed home when pulled off the heels of runners in the straight to win in stunning style. An impressive last start winner at Sandown when he swept home, Artorius was sent out a strong each way chance in the Diamond and in the end […]
The champion galloper made it 13 straight wins and 16 from 17 lifetime starts with a last gasp win in another incredible performance. Despite getting back in the field and covering extra ground, Golden Sixty was able to produce a powerful finish to reel in minor placegetters Furore and Exultant. Regular rider Vincent Ho was […]
4 of the weekend’s biggest feature races feature Larneuk bred horses, from Larneuk Sires, given the relatively small number of horses produced on the farm that statistic speaks to a much bigger story. Neville Murdoch and his team at Larneuk are outperforming the market in almost every measure week after week. But if you know […]
Rocket Tiger, the impressive son of promising Victorian Sire Cluster (Fastnet Rock) heads to Saturday’s Silver Slipper with a real chance of taking the race and moving on to the Golden Slipper. Raced by The Codfather Noel Penfold, the man who names most of his horses after the fish that made his fortune and has […]
Victorian Sire Wolf Cry has had 3 runners, but breeders are paying attention, 1 is a city winner and another in Group 2 placed. Wolves, ran third in the Blue Diamond Preview Group 2 and is headed for the $1.5m Blue Diamond Stakes Group 1 this Saturday at Caulfield. From 3 runners to have already […]
As 2021 kicks off with stakes races being run without Lasix at the leading racetracks and Thoroughbred racing events across the country, including the 2021 World Championships, Breeders’ Cup is pleased to announce that this year’s “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series races will be run without Lasix. Additionally, Graded Stakes points for the purpose […]
From Mike Hedge at Godolphin Two of the most talented members of Godolphin’s Australian team stepped up to significant challenges at Randwick on Saturday, 13 February, and emerged with reputations enhanced and with the future beckoning. Colette, the G1 ATC Oaks champion of 2020 and winner last spring of the $7.5m Golden Eagle, resumed from […]
There is no doubt Larneuk has been building it’s place in the Australian racing scene and over the last couple of years the Euroa based Stud has been producing some exceptional winners. Wolves, Wanaroo, Paris Pike, Lady Solly, Rocket Tiger, Tarcoola Diva, King of Hastings, Larneuk has been on fire this year with horses bred […]
From Kristen Manning Just as the broodmare owner wonders if every foal is going to be that horse, the special one everyone hopes for – stud owners dream of finding the next big thing amongst the stallion ranks, the horse to set tongues wagging, to get the phone ringing. A great stallion can come from […]
Triple Crown hero American Pharoah is already a Champion First and Second Crop sire in the Northern Hemisphere, but here in Australia he’s just starting off and delivered an impressive winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in Head of State (2c American Pharoah x Derelique, by Danehill Dancer). A winner at the early season trials, […]
Godolphin confirmed its strong hand in Australia’s first juvenile Group One of the year when Arcaded proved herself one of the best two-year-old fillies in training with a dominant win in Saturday’s G1 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) at Caufield. The daughter of Street Boss will now go to the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield […]
A record days trade, a record top price and a record number of smiles. That was the take-out of a stunning opening day of the 2021 Classic Yearling Sale at Riverside that saw significant increases across the board from the corresponding day 12 months ago. The day’s closing gross of $21,418,000 was not only a […]
Larneuk bred horses have been proving their worth over during 2020 and 2021 has started in style for farm located in Victoria’s Gooram Valley. Rocket Tiger set of a great deal of speculation after putting together 2 wins from 2 starts including a dominant win at Randwick that has generated a lot of talk about […]
The Shaquero win was champion trainer Chris Waller’s first in the coveted race and doubled as the biggest juvenile success of his illustrious training career. After beginning well from barrier one, the son of Shalaa was able to settle just behind the solid speed before Bowman presented him into clear running at the top of the […]
A colt by Yarraman Park Stud’s super sire I Am Invincible topped the Saturday night action as the Gold Coast Yearling Sale extended its record breaking form. Following the hugely successful $10.25 million The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday, the action switched back to the sales complex with three hours of sales action to […]
Victorian Sire Cluster based at Larneuk is on fire at the moment. Yesterday one of Australia’s best up and coming Jockeys Ben Allen rode one to victory and the other to an impressive 2nd at Yara Glen in Victoria. Wednesday, January 13 Yarra Glen: Bet365 Odds Protector Mdn, 1514m 2 of 8: Buble Boy (ex: […]
Promising young sire Vancouver posted his third winner in three days when Swift Sure (3g Vancouver x Berrimilla, by Fastnet Rock) broke through for an easy victory at Warrnambool on New Year’s Eve bringing a timely update for his half-brother heading to the Magic Millions for Coolmore. Trained by Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr, […]
He cost $2.3million at the 2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and Merchant Navy’s little brother Setanta (3c Fastnet Rock x Legally Bay, by Snippets) cast off maiden status at Warrnambool on New Year’s Eve. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Setanta placed once in three previous starts earlier this year in New South […]
Young sire Saxon Warrior continued to make his presence felt in the sales ring on Saturday, when his sole offering on the opening day of the Arqana December Sale sold for €100,000. August West provided the winning bid for Lot 169 from Coulonces Sales, a colt out of black-type performer Silver Meadow. The dual Group […]
Cluster An exciting day yesterday with Cluster landing a double in Canberra, Rocket Tiger and Galactic Warrior, take a look at the explosive finish as Galactic Warrior storms home on debut https://punters.com.au/ There are plenty of opportunities to be involved in a Cluster, if you are interested contact Knightsbridge http://knightsbridgebloodstock.com/contact Sea the Coral This will […]
Australia remains the leading place to race a horse in the world; a statement demonstrated by there being 52 races run this year worth A$1 million or more, compared to 29 in America and just seven across all of Europe. This is just one of many facts and statistics published in the 2021 Aushorse Investors’ […]
Golden Sixty confirmed himself as one of the world’s best racehorses with a breathtaking win in today’s Group One Hong Kong International Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. In making it 11 straight wins with a barnstorming success, Golden Sixty sent Queensland’s Element Hill nursery into celebrations. Sent out a long odds on favourite, the son […]
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Golden Slipper winning sire Capitalist just missed siring two new winners on Saturday, but the potential shown by Forbes and Snowdrop was impossible to miss. The Anthony and Sam Freedman trained colt Forbes was highly regarded when making his debut in the Listed MRC Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown and delivered a terrific performance to […]
Larneuk in the picturesque Gooram Valley of Victoria is coming to the end on the 2020 breeding season but it is not too late to secure a spot to one of the 5 Stallions on offer so Book Now. The 2020 Season will go down in history as the Covid Season and the Industry seems […]
When you leave high school or university it’s hard to know what your next step should be – there are so many career choices. It’s even harder to know what a job will be like when you do it and whether it is going to be the right fit for you. The thoroughbred industry is […]
Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) celebrated the successes of the Victorian industry virtually last night. Brought to viewers by Michael Felgate and Charmein Bukovec, headlining the awards were the IRT Champion Victorian sire, TAB Champion Victorian-bred racehorse and the TAB Champion Victorian breeder awards. For a fifth consecutive year, Woodside Park’s Written Tycoon won the IRT […]
For the second time this spring the Melbourne based pedigree analyst Kristen Manning was cheering home a stakes winner when, at Doomben on Saturday, Jonker raced away to a record-breaking victory in the Listed Keith Noud Quality. Having his first run for the Tony Gollan stable, the son of Spirit Of Boom was the medium […]
Top-class mare Sweet Deal (Casino Prince x Dorothy Evelyn) posted a career best performance to win today’s $1m TAB The Hunter at Newcastle.The John Thompson trained mare, already a dual winner in group company, took her earnings past the $1.35m mark with today’s effort.Sweet Deal was a $67,500 purchase by Boomer Bloodstock from the draft […]
Unprecedented support from breeders across Australasia has led to Magic Millions unveiling a star studded catalogue, to sell across seven consecutive days for the first time, at the 2021 Gold Coast Yearling Sale. A quality line up of 1273 lots has been confirmed by vendors for a seven day selling extravaganza, including a record 962 lots to […]
Whip Rules are a hot topic in the racing industry around the world but there has been very little presented as factual data on either side of the debate. A lot of the Animal Welfare groups have presented studies and many of them contradict the other. The use of whips in Thoroughbred racing in Australia […]
Lingfield Derby Trial victor English King (3c Camelot – Platonic, by Zafonic) smashed records when selling to Australian interests for 925,000gns at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale on Wednesday. The Ed Walker-trained wildcard entry was expected to prove popular, but few could have predicted the manner in which he surpassed the previous 625,000gns […]
by Kristen Manning Cheers from Western Australia on Saturday as the exciting colt Portland Sky recorded a dominant victory in one of W.S Cox Plate day’s features the, $200,000 Gr.3 Red Anchor Stakes. The Matt Laurie trained three-year-old was having just his fourth start on the back of a couple of somewhat unlucky runs at […]
Pride of Dubai is the reigning Champion Australian First Crop Sire and the dual Group I winning son of Street Cry is also making his presence felt in the Northern Hemisphere where he has sired more stakes-winners than any other first season sire this year in Europe. Pride of Dubai added a new stakes-winner to […]
Set to have his first runners in Australia this season, Triple Crown hero American Pharoah posted his first Group I winner in North America when quality filly Harvey’s Lil Goil (3f American Pharoah x Gloria S, by Tapit) won the Group I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup ( 1/8th mile) at Keeneland. Trained by Bill […]
Galileo’s champion son Churchill is in Australia this spring, but his stocks have been on the rise in the Northern Hemisphere with good results from his first yearlings sold at European sales highlighted again this week when he was the leading freshman sire at Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 by aggregate. Churchill had 16 yearlings sell […]
The leading first crop sire at the 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book One by aggregate was exciting shuttler Churchill, whose first Southern Hemisphere bred yearlings will be a highlight at Australasian sales next year. The four time Group I winning son of Galileo had 13 yearlings sell at an average 123,615 guineas (A$234,107) with his […]
The proven G1 sprinter Trekking (Josh Parr) will give Godolphin a second runner in next month’s $15 million The Everest after being awarded the “slot” in the race owned by Max Whitby, Neil Werrett, Steve McCann and Colin Madden. Trekking joins stablemate Bivouac (Glen Boss) who will run in the Godolphin slot in the world’s richest […]
The lightly-raced fillies Silhouette and Thermosphere will be out to plot their spring course when they run in Saturday’s Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington. In a race that traditionally reveals a filly with Oaks potential, both the Godolphin runners have winning prospects with Silhouette (John Allen), a daughter of Teofilo the more likely […]
Russian Camelot History maker Russian Camelot (3c Camelot – Lady Babooshka, by Cape Cross) confirmed his status as one of the most exciting horses in Australasia when justifying favoritism in Saturday’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. The Danny O’Brien-trained colt became the first Northern Hemisphere bred horse to win an Australian Derby when taking […]
They were the two highest-priced colts at last year’s Premier Yearling Sale and at Rosehill today, Ole Kirk and North Pacific proved themselves two of the best colts of their generation. In a stunning result for the Premier Sale and for Hawkes Racing, Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon x Naturale) nosed out his stablemate North Pacific […]
O’Lonhro has gotten off to a good start at stud with his first few crops producing Mamzelle Tess, the winner of six and Group placed, stakes placed O’Lonera – also a 6-time winner with over half a million in the bank – O’Lonh Star (6 wins), Big Reel (6 wins), O’ So Hazy (5 wins). […]
The potential shown by Coruscate from the day he began his racing career was realised when he made a one-horse race of the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, 26 September. Coruscate, an older brother to the star sprinter Bivouac, opened his account with a two-year-old Maiden win at Canterbury in February 2017 […]
Knightsbridge Stallion Honorius standing privately at Larneuk and Bloodstockauction.com have been successfully raising money for Ronald McDonald House Westmead. Over $5000 has been raised so far and there is still plenty of time to make a donation and secure a service to Honorius. The only way the public can secure a service to Honorius in […]
There was Spring in the air at Randwick on Monday morning with the official Sydney two year-old barrier trials and it was a perfect start for Golden Slipper winner Capitalist, who sired the first winner on the program. Handsome black colt Kalashnikov scored an impressive win in the JHB colours that were carried by his […]
The opportunity to enhance his own standing in an illustrious family presents itself to the capable sprinter Coruscate (Damien Oliver) when he runs in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, 26 September. An older brother to the classy Bivouac, Coruscate showed good early potential with a debut win followed by two Group […]
The Brian Meehan-trained Decisive Edge (2c No Nay Never – Echo Charlie, by Tertullian) shaped like a smart prospect when gaining his maiden victory at Chelmsford on Sunday. The son of No Nay Never showed promise on debut earlier in the month when finishing mid-division in a similar contest at Kempton. Remaining over seven furlongs […]
Larneuk Sire Wolf Cry always looked like being something special and the 1st crop, now 2yos appear ready to deliver. A $320,000 yearling, Wolf Cry was a speedy youngster whose only four starts at two yielded three stakes placings: the Breeders’ Plate, Lonhro Plate and, in the important Golden Slipper leadup, the Group Two Skyline […]
There has been a lot of rumor and speculation about Phoenix Thoroughbreds but that is all there has been. France and England both moved to ban the group despite there being no conviction, no charges but mere rumor and speculation, is that really the way the industry is supposed to work? The ownership group, headed […]
Little Larneuk nestled in the Victoria’s Gooram Valley has plenty of choices when it comes to Sires. One of them Cluster is producing an increasing number of winners lately. Cluster (2020 fee $5,500) is by Champion Sire and sire of sires in Fastnet Rock (2020 fee $165,000) Sire of 39 Gr.1 winners and a proven […]
by Kristen Manning What a terrific job Starspangledbanner has been doing in both hemispheres, from limited numbers well represented by 143 winners, 14 of whom have been successful at stakes level including the Group One winners The Wow Signal and Millisle. Boasting a 65.3% winners-to-runners strike rate in the southern hemisphere, Starspangledbanner hails from one […]
by Kristen Manning A bit of history was made at Devonport on Sunday where four of the seven races were won by the progeny of one stallion – Armidale Stud’s quiet achiever Tough Speed. Success came early on the card with the opening event, a BM60 1009m contest, taken out by the Leanne Gaffney trained […]
The quality packed catalogue for Australia’s best producing breeze-up style auction, the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale, is now online. To be held at the Gold Coast Sales Complex on November 10, the sale features 210 exciting prospects (plus supplementaries) with buyers looking to secure their next stakes winning star. “This is a […]
A pair of Premier Yearling Sale 3YOs announced themselves as serious Spring contenders with dominant Group wins today as Inglis graduates won Stakes races in four States. Magnificent colt North Pacific (Brazen Beau x Up In Lights) – who topped the 2018 Premier Sale at $800,000 – surged into G1 Golden Rose favouritism with a […]
The second Northern Hemisphere crop of Triple Crown hero American Pharoah are up and running with two smart winners in the past two days in North America and a Group place-getter in Ireland. First to salute was promising filly American Grace (2f American Pharoah x Warrior Made, by Holy Bull), who scored a two and […]
Royal by name, regally bred. Prince Of Caviar. A horse whose sire was a high class, a horse whose dam does not really need introduction… but we will talk about her anyway! Black Caviar… the undefeated sprinting Queen of Australian racing. Fifteen Group One victories, three times crowned Australian Horse Of The Year, Australian Racing […]
We’ve selected five battles we’re hoping to see unfold in the remainder of the 2020 season The 2020 Series might have had a delayed start due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however since its return we have been served up some magnificent performances of the highest level. And long may it continue! With plenty still to […]
A handsome bay colt by exciting first season sire Merchant Navy topped Day Two of the 2020 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale at the Gold Coast on Friday when selling for $210,000. The result marked the highest price achieved by any first season sire at this sale. Consigned by Rothwell Park Thoroughbreds, the day’s top seller is […]
Record breaking night for Bloodstockauction.com on Tuesday night, with the beautifully bred daughter of Fastnet Rock Paprena Selling for $174,070, Paprena has become Fastnet Rock’s highest selling maiden broodmare/filly, to be sold on a dedicated online auction site. Fastnet Rock currently sits fifth on the leading Australian Broodmare Sires List by earnings, and at age […]
Winner of the Group I ATC Australian Oaks in 2018, outstanding Fastnet Rock mare Unforgotten kept the big prices coming at the Gold Coast on late Monday afternoon when selling for $2.75 million at the Magic Millions National Sale. Consigned by Blue Sky Premium Consignment on behalf of her owners, Unforgotten was bought by Yulong […]
Champion mare Sunlight smashed the all time Magic Millions auction record when she sold for $4.2 million on a spectacular Day One of the National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast today. Coolmore Stud’s Tom Magnier snapped up the mare and was among three seven figure purchases for his Hunter Valley operation. “We are very lucky […]
It was a fourth winner in three days for American Pharoah on Saturday when American Dream (3f American Pharoah x Dancing Alone, by Kingmambo) broke her maiden in her second start. Racing over 7 ½ furlongs on the turf at Louisiana Downs, the Peter Blum homebred broke slowly and was settled by jockey Joel Dominguez […]
Great Southern Sale switches to Inglis Digital As a result of the restrictions currently in place in Victoria, the Great Southern Sale will now form part of the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale, which will be held over five days from August 7-12.This move follows the success of the most recent Inglis Digital July […]
Another stunning Inglis Digital Online Auction has ended, with staggering results across the board leading to several records being broken. In a remarkable day of online trade: *The Inglis Digital July (Early) sale gross of $5,617,900 is a new record, eclipsing the May sale’s aggregate of $4.8m *Overall top lot Faretti (I Am Invincible) sold […]
It’s been a productive 24 hours for Australia’s leading first crop sire Pride of Dubai with two new winners, one in each hemisphere. On Saturday in the UK, Fancy Man (2c Pride of Dubai x Fancy, by Galileo) made a winning debut over seven furlongs at Haydock. The Richard Hannon trained colt was strong to […]
The catalogue comprising stock on behalf of the Estate of the late Eduardo Cojuangco is online and details of the selling times at the upcoming Magic Millions National Sale are confirmed. The 41 lot catalogue of yearlings, race fillies, broodmares and racehorses will present buyers with a unique opportunity to invest in the history of one […]
Dedicated NY Bred Online AuctionOpen For Bidding Online auction specialist Bloodstockauction.com is supporting NY thoroughbred breeders this week, by hosting a dedicated New York Bred Yearling Sale on its online auction platform. Bloodstockauction.com’s dedicated New York Bred catalog is now live and open for bidding. The catalog is open for bidding for five full days, […]
Another stunning Inglis Digital Online Auction has ended, with staggering results across the board leading to several records being broken. In a remarkable day of online trade: *The Inglis Digital July (Early) sale gross of $5,617,900 is a new record, eclipsing the May sale’s aggregate of $4.8m *Overall top lot Faretti (I Am Invincible) sold […]
vobis #victoria #horseracing Notes for buyers: NB: All proceeds from the sale of the Honorius Stallion Covers are to be donated to Ronald McDonald House Westmead Bred to be a Champion Honorius is an impressive stallion with an impeccable pedigree and strong racing credentials that will prove to be popular in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, […]
The 2020 Inglis Australian Weanling Sale next week (July 8 and 9) at Riverside Stables will mark the first sale ring appearance in Australia of the progeny of Royal Ascot hero Merchant Navy, the champion sprinting son of Fastnet Rock and Galileo’s champion son Churchill. A Group I winner in both hemispheres, Merchant Navy is the fastest son of […]
Qatar Racing star aiming for more Classic success in Saturday’s showpiece Six runners trained by Aidan O’Brien and Kameko, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner, feature among a fascinating field of 16 for the 241st Investec Derby at Epsom Downs (4.55pm, live on ITV1) on Saturday. The premier Classic, which forms part of the 35-race QIPCO British Champions Series […]
A field of 8 have been declared for the Fillies’ Classic on Saturday Roger Varian is hoping his two runners, Gold Wand and Queen Daenerys, can break the stranglehold that John Gosden and Aidan O’Brien have had on the Investec Oaks for the past six years in Saturday’s renewal (3.40pm, live on ITV1). Gosden saddled last year’s winner, […]
Knightsbridge are donating all proceeds from the sale of the Honorius Stallion Covers to Ronald McDonald House Westmead bloodstockauction.com/catalogue/58 Honorius stands privately for the Heffernan family and the only way to secure a nomination to Honorius is to contact Bloodstock Auction. Bred to be a Champion Honorius is an impressive stallion with an impeccable pedigree […]
#AmericanPharoah #kentucky #coolmore #ireland Harvey’s Lil Goil (3f American Pharoah x Gloria S., by Tapit) became the third Grade III winner in a week for American Pharoah and fifth stakes horse in 10 days with her win in the Grade III Regret Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Always shadowing the leader through the 1 […]
With the schedules for the 2020 Triple Crown and other major stakes for 3-year-olds finally firming up, trainer Patrick Biancone is stepping up the training programs for Sole Volante and Ete Indien at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County. “I gave them an easy time in April. They should be […]
Champion mare Sunlight has been retired and the superstar sprinter will be sold as an elite breeding prospect at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in July. A triple Group One winner and earner of over $6.5 million, Sunlight has spent the past three racing seasons as one of Australia’s best gallopers and she retires as the […]
For the second successive month, popular demand for the Inglis Digital Online Sale platform has seen a new record number of entries. The May Sale will take on the same format as the April Online Sale, where more than 432 lots sold (80%) for a gross of $4.2 million, demonstrating the strong demand across all […]
A major stage in the spring chasing season, the Murat Chase (Gr2) also becomes the only one this year on the way to the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr1) due to the coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown on racing that was enforced from March to May.The Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr1) will indeed be held on June […]
Prolific Victorian nursery, Larneuk Stud, has announced fees for its 2020 stallion lineup, with significant reductions across the board. Despite the continued success of O’Lonhro and Cluster, along with the positive vibes around Wolf Cry’s rising 2YOs, Larneuk’s new roster structure represents a 20% decrease on last spring. Cluster will now stand at $5,500 O’Lonhro […]
Coolmore’s Tom Magnier secured Group I winner Booker earlier in the Inglis Chairman’s Sale for $1.6 million and then later added Champion Sprinting filly Samaready to his tally for $1.8 million, both mares set to be covered by Triple Crown winner Justify in the spring. Consigned by Vinery Stud, Samaready won the Group I MRC […]
Russian Camelot (3c Camelot – Lady Babooshka, by Cape Cross) became the first Northern Hemisphere-bred horse to win an Australian Derby when taking Saturday’s South Australian Derby worth $400,000. The Danny O’Brien-trained colt was sent off favourite for the Morphetville feature, despite the six month age gap between the bay and his rivals, with another challenge posed by […]
The Australian bloodstock market again defied the global trend of Coronavirus-inflicted economic downturn with some extraordinary results at tonight’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale. Held as a virtual auction for the first time, the Chairman’s Sale offered some of the southern hemisphere’s most sought-after broodmare prospects and the top of the market especially didn’t disappoint, with four […]
It takes a special kind of stupid to make Australian Politicians look good, but their Irish and English counterparts are doing their best. Both Ireland and England banned racing even after Australia provided a workable model for racing to continue, the out of touch politicians chose buy in to the hysteria but the price is […]
It will be a tough for Aussie’s in the horse business for 2020 but if you are looking towards the 2022-3 Yearling sales it is great year. We have already seen some studs lower prices, broodmare prices will begin to bottom in July, the Owner/Breeder and the recreational owners will take a beating this year […]
Strong trade at the 2020 New Zealand Yearling Sale Series Book 1 at Karaka this week delivered another huge vote of confidence in the Southern Hemisphere bred progeny of Triple Crown hero American Pharoah, who was the leading first season sire and also overall sire by average. American Pharoah had six yearlings offered and all […]
The first crop of two year-olds by Golden Slipper Vancouver are showing plenty of promise with this exciting young stallion producing a big result early at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Thursday with a colt from Exclusive Lass selling for $600,000. Consigned by Willow Park on behalf of his breeders Fergus and Delia Doyle, […]
A dual Group I winner at two, Pride of Dubai has made a fast start in his stud career with a flurry of stakes horses ensuring his popularity at Magic Millions and a filly from Jezzaba fetching $500,000 on Thursday. Consigned by Segenhoe and bought by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the star filly is […]
Scat Daddy’s top class son No Nay Never has become one of the hottest young sires in Europe and he made his mark at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Thursday with a colt from Lagerphone selling for $575,000. Consigned by Yarraman Park, he was snapped up by Tom Magnier and is the fifth foal […]
Coolmore’s Triple Crown winner Justify has just completed his first Australian season at stud covering a star studded book of 132 mares, while in the Northern Hemisphere breeders are now expecting his first foals. Born at Amaroo Farm in Kentucky for Audley Farm, this filly by Justify is the first foal for the winning Exchange […]
New Year’s Day racing at Randwick produced the first winner for exciting young sire Vancouver with the success of Tulloch Lodge debutant Vangelic (2f Vancouver x Angel Bee, by Pins), who was the equal most expensive lot by her sire at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Nash Rawiller had Vangelic travelling sweetly […]
A $1,050,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Hermitage Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd / Wexford Stables / Andrew Williams Bloodstock from the Coolmore draft, exciting three year-old Dragon Leap (3g Pierro x Pontiana, by Redoute’s Choice) stamped his New Zealand Derby credentials with his winning effort in the Group II Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie on […]
Evergreen sire Choisir has made his reputation in part with fast precocious horses that are easy to train and quick to show their potential with this season already producing the brilliant filly Every Rose (2f Choisir x Couredge by Show a Heart) and an up and comer in Malkovich (2c Choisir x Mabkhara , by Anabaa) that […]
Yes Yes Yes emerged as one of the world’s hottest stallion prospects with a record breaking win in today’s $14 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick. The only three-year-old in the field, Yes Yes Yes beat the finest line up of sprinters the world had to offer, sizzling to a track record breaking win in […]
In response to last night’s disturbing story on the ABC’s 7.30 Report regarding horse welfare, Australia’s leading thoroughbred auction house Inglis condemns the alleged actions of animal mistreatment. The alleged vision shown was appalling and the abattoirs involved need to be investigated ASAP and held to account. Cruelty towards any type of animal is totally […]
Racing NSW Response to ABC 7.30 Report Following the program that aired on the ABC’s 7.30 Report last night, Racing NSW Chief Executive, Peter V’landys AM, unequivocally condemned the alleged abhorrent actions of the Meramist Queensland Abattoir. The vision was sickening, and horrendous and Racing NSW calls upon the Queensland Government and its Department of […]
All is in readiness for the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, with final breeze ups and a free champagne brunch at Riverside Stables tomorrow to complete preparations. From 9.30am tomorrow, 23 horses will breeze up on the Warwick Farm Pro Ride track. Immediately following the breeze ups will be a complimentary brunch at Riverside from 11am, accompanied […]
Multi Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Rowland will perform a free concert for racegoers attending The Everest, featuring the $14 million The TAB Everest – the world’s richest turf race on Saturday, 19 October at Royal Randwick. With the support of Kelly, in its third year The Everest is set to be bigger and better, attracting the world’s best […]
Broodmare owners employ various criteria when it comes to stallion selection. Pedigree is a biggie. So are looks. However, it’s often ‘performance’ that plays the biggest role. Let’s face it, ‘To the manor born’ isn’t worth a jot if you can’t run out of sight on a dark night. That’s why breeders would be well […]