The lightly-raced Libertad surged past the $1.5 million prizemoney milestone with his Winterbottom heroics. The five-year-old stallion now boasts a record of five wins and two placings from 17 starts for precisely $1,695,590 in earnings. And he’s established himself as a legitimate stud prospect. The horse has consistently flashed Group… Read More »
Lloyd Kennewell saddled two unraced juveniles in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed MRC Magic Millions Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield, with longshot Eternal Warrior emerging victorious to provide Rosemont Stud’s Extreme Warrior with his inaugural stakes winner. Following two encouraging jumpout appearances where the juvenile finished runner-up on each occasion, Eternal… Read More »
The progeny of champion sire Frankel dominated proceedings at Tattersalls December Foal Sale’s third session, with a colt achieving a remarkable 1,150,000 guineas—marking the third-highest price ever recorded for a colt foal in European auction history. The session delivered extraordinary results, posting the second-highest single-day turnover in the sale’s history…. Read More »
Less than a month after Half Yours’ historic Melbourne Cup triumph, his sire St Jean has died. The son of Teofilo was euthanised on Tuesday morning owing to injuries sustained in a paddock accident. Brackley Park operator Grant Dwyer, who stood St Jean on behalf of a syndicate of owners… Read More »
It was this time last year that a lightly raced chestnut was placed online, up for grabs on an Inglis Digital sale with the heading “classy racing prospect.” The winner of two of his five starts at that stage, the four-year-old was promoted as “a progressive miler to middle distance… Read More »
The big priced yearlings garner plenty of attention on sales day, again in the news if they happen to prove high class on the track. We thought we’d have a look at the last five years of sales toppers at the three major sales (Magic Millions, Inglis Easter, Karaka) to… Read More »
Two ownership stakes in standout filly Within The Law will go under the hammer unreserved in a digital sale that opens for bidding tomorrow (Friday) and closes on Wednesday. The 6.5% and 5% parcels offer buyers a chance to join the Bjorn Baker-trained star, already a Group 2 winner, Group… Read More »
The catalogue for the 2026 Classic Yearling Sale – regarded as one of the fastest-rising success stories among the Southern Hemisphere’s early-season auctions – has now been released online. A total of 798 yearlings have been catalogued for the sale, scheduled to take place at Riverside Stables in Sydney from… Read More »
There was certainly a theme to the top end buying at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale with the six most popular lots – who sold for between $675,000 and $825,000 – all purchased by Chinese/Hong Kong buyers. The sale, which has a long record of providing… Read More »
The already burgeoning Yulong Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding operation recently added another exciting prospect to their portfolio and gained an immediate return on investment when the filly Well Written smashed the opposition in the Group 1, NZ$600,000 New Zealand 1000 Guineas over a mile at Riccarton. That result saw Well… Read More »
Widden Stud and Bangaloe Stud have joined forces to purchase Group 2-winning mare Coeur Volante for $500,000 through Inglis Digital. The daughter of Proisir, currently in training with Lindsay Park, was offered as part of the Spring Boutique Sale and will now head to the breeding barn for a planned… Read More »
Starspangledbanner has reached a career-high service fee of €60,000 at Coolmore Ireland, with the surge fuelled largely by the breakout success of his Group 1-winning son Gstaad. Gstaad claimed the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar last week, becoming one of 15 stakes winners worldwide for Starspangledbanner in 2025…. Read More »
The Gr.3 Golden Gift is a feature event on Saturday’s Rosehill card, a $1 million race for the two-year-olds. A mixture of the quite cheap, the expensive and the very expensive provide for an interesting pre-Christmas juvenile contest. REVENGEANCE Breeding: Hellbent – Havasu (Sacred Falls) A $100,000 graduate of the… Read More »
Raheen Stud has announced the sad passing of promising young stallion Top Ranked (IRE), who was euthanised on Thursday following a short illness. The Group 1 Epsom Handicap winner had made an immediate impact at stud, covering more than 200 mares across his first two seasons while displaying strong fertility…. Read More »
An expensive price tag is no guarantee of success, but beautifully bred colt The Next Episode will be given an early shot at returning a percentage of his when he lines up in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill. A son of champion sire Snitzel out of multiple stakes-winning mare Humma… Read More »
The second Classic for the week, this time for the girls, the VRC Oaks was born the same year – 1861 – as the Melbourne Cup. We take an in-depth look into the pedigree backgrounds of this year’s runners… Oaks Odds 💰: View the Odds for the VRC Oaks 1…. Read More »
Blue Gum Farm has announced the heartbreaking passing of young stallion Sejardan, who suffered a sudden and catastrophic injury on Tuesday. Despite urgent veterinary assistance led by Dr Angus Adkins and the team at Avenel Equine Hospital, the rising sire could not be saved. Sejardan arrived at stud in 2023… Read More »
A look into the pedigrees of the field for this year’s $1 million Group 1 VRC Oaks to see who might be best-equipped to run the 2500 metres at Flemington. Oaks Odds 💰: View the Odds for the VRC Oaks 1 – GETTA GOOD FEELING Breeding: So You Think x… Read More »
The world’s richest handicap, the $10 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup – the race everyone wants to win. A race with an honour roll featuring champions and horses with humbler records. One which has become harder to decipher with the influx of visitors in recent years… we hope a look at… Read More »
Each year as we approach the running of the Gr.1 VRC Derby, we ask ‘which of these horses have the best 2500m pedigrees?’ Which of the mostly lightly raced group of up-and-comers are going to reach the Classic heights early in their three-year-old careers? It takes a combination of maturity,… Read More »
