âStay Inside is the best 2YO colt I’ve ever had anything to do with,â said co-trainer Michael Freedman, with his Golden Slipper winner retiring to Newgate Farm in the Hunter Valley. In also being the Champion 2YO for 2020-21, it was jockey Tommy Berry who stated “he was just a superior… Read More »
News out from âA Breed Apert,â the Breederâs Cup World Championship, is now live broadcast coverage to the UK and Ireland via ITV, Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV. In a multi-year agreement to continue their live coverage of the World Championships, these networks will now deliver live television and… Read More »
Stand aside World, the Aussies are returning to Royal Ascot and itâs the Worldâs Best Sprinter in Nature Strip whoâs 9/4 favourite with Ladbrokes for the Kingâs Stand Stakes. With Tuesday being Day 1 of The Royal Meeting, Nature Strip has drawn Gate 10 of 18 runners for James McDonald,… Read More »
Evening folks, The Bill Whittaker Book Award for 2022 goes to Pioneers and Racecourses for Bob Charleys âearly racecourses in Australia and the people who shaped them.â âPioneers & Racecourses is a beautifully produced, folio-sized, coffee-table-type book of 204 pagesâ said Graham Caves of The Bill Whittaker Book Awards. âIt… Read More »
Itâs the month of June, the season of European Derbyâs, and its Desert Crown whoâs $2.75 with Ladbrokes for The Cazoo Derby, The Derby Stakes of 1½m to be run at Epsom. With this Cazoo Derby run in Memory of Lester Piggott it was Naver Say Die in 1954 who… Read More »
Its Royal Ascot time again, and can the 3yo Home Affairs culminate his racing career with victory in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes on retiring to Coolmore Australia. Already the $4.75 race favourite with Ladbrokes on Day 5, Home Affairs last scored a magnificent victory in the Newmarket Handicap to defeat… Read More »
Itâs the Magic Millions Gold Coast Weanling Sale for 2022, with an outstanding catalogue of 393 youngsters shaping up for 19, 20 May at the Gold Coast Sales Complex. Said to be a rising-stars and pin-hookers paradise, itâs an impressive line-up of 24Â first crop sires, while boasting top sire sales… Read More »
âItâs a young roster and weâre very happy with the line-up at Vinery. The interest weâve received points to another good season but weâre mindful of breeders to keep our fees reasonable.â Vinery Bloodstock Manager Adam White states âitâs an exciting time with Ole Kirk and Exceedance on the threshold… Read More »
A rare gem indeed is the offering, a share in the âworldâs hottest young stallionâ Extreme Choice at the 2022 Inglis Chairmans Sale this Friday, 6 May at Riverside Stables. Now the Leading Second Season Sire by Stakes Winners and Champion First Season Sire for 2021-22, he has a brilliant… Read More »
The MATCH series for 2022 is up and running with Disco Pharoah taking out the Whiteley, the first leg of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship at Laurel Park. In fact, it was a 3Âź length victory for Disco Pharoah in the Frank Y Whiteley Stakes of 7f, the first of the… Read More »
With the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival themed as âWhere Stories Are Toldâ itâs Nature Strip whose now Worldâs Best Racehorse, equal to Life Is Good, the Pegasus World Cup hero. With both Nature Strip and Life Is Good sitting equal on top of the IFHA World Best Racehorse Ranking on… Read More »
Thanks to Thoroughbred Breeders Australia, thoroughbred breeders now have access to concessional government loans with borrowers only paying interest for the first five years. Available via the Regional Investment Corporation, RIC, there are five different loans all of which are available via this federally backed body that provides finance to… Read More »
Yes, Sydney Autumn is âWhere Stories Are Toldâ and already the âstory tellingâ juvenile Fireburn is at $1.40 with Sportsbet for the Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes on Saturday. In looking to be the seventh Sydney 2YO Triple Crown recipient, Fireburn first won the $5m Longines Golden Slipper Stakes of… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club Foundation again âreached outâ to race clubs and communities in Northern NSW still battling and rebuilding from floods and a second deluge in recent days. In partnership with Country Racing NSW and Racing NSW, $50,000 in being distributed to NSW Race Clubs, with the ATC Foundation… Read More »
âThe Redouteâs Choice-Hussonet cross has been absolutely magic, this filly was a glorious foal and sheâs grown into a beautiful yearling,â states Caroline Searcy on Bred To Win. âFrom a multiple stakes winner and the family of 4-time Group 1 winner Divine Madonna,â sheâ by the highly popular The Autumn… Read More »
Dream on Hitotsu, $2m Bentley Australian Derby is where dreams come true, at Royal Randwickâs Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, also Day 1 of The Star Championships. âWhere Stories are Made,â itâs the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained Hitotsu whoâs $3.50 fav. with Ladbrokes, again with John Allen in the… Read More »
Yes, what a 26th Dubai World Cup we have, being Sponsored by Emirates Airlines with the Pegasus World Cup hero Life Is Good being the $1.66 Sportsbet favourite for Meydan. In by-passing the $20 Saudi Cup, and accounting for Worldâs Best Racehorse in Knicks Go in the Pegasus, he was… Read More »
Itâs not fairy land, itâs the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival where $37m in prizemoney and 18 Group 1 races makes it âone of the strongest and most prestigious racing events of 2022.â With 48 Black Type races spread over six weeks at Rosehill Gardens and Royal Randwick, itâs the 66th… Read More »
Again, âin oneâs hour of needâ itâs the ATC Foundation with a $50,000 donation to industry participants and race clubs affected by floods in northern NSW. The Australian Turf Club Foundation has added $50,000 in funding for racing industry affected by the ongoing flood emergency in NSW as part new… Read More »
In Pencarrow Stud saying âKaraka weâre back,â itâs their I Am Invincible half-sister to Group winners Supera and Eleonora, the family of Ethereal, thatâs the 2022 NZ National Yearling Series. âSopra Tutto has produced one of the highlights of the year with her lovely filly by I Am Invincible being… Read More »
