Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) is living up to his name, with another stakes victory for his son Sixties on Saturday putting him up in lights as he bears down on his first 100-winner season. But despite having six crops racing now, his home base Blue Gum Farm believes he’s only getting started. The stud world... Read More

Cambridge Stud are allowing themselves to hope Sword Of State (Snitzel) could be “one out of the box” after another impressive winner on Saturday kept the first-season stallion’s perfect Australian record intact. Warwoven – the second-most expensive lot from Sword Of State’s first crop of yearlings – debuted in highly impressive style with a 2.2-length... Read More

Racing NSW (RNSW) is “a regulator that’s lost its way” and has misunderstood its role in moving to appoint an administrator to the Australian Turf Club (ATC), a lawyer for the club has argued. The assertion came from Scott Robertson SC on the first substantive day of a NSW Supreme Court hearing into RNSW’s attempt... Read More

A powerful “supergroup” of thoroughbred industry heavyweights including John Messara, Jonathan Munz, breeding and training bodies and both major auction houses has come together in a new body seeking to institute an independent panel to run Australia’s black type pattern. The Australian Racing Industry Alliance (ARIA) has been founded to “help find a solution to... Read More

After a “pinch me I’m dreaming” spring carnival for the progeny of Per Incanto (Street Cry), culminating in more elite-level glory for Jimmysstar in the C.F. Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Little Avondale Stud’s proprietor Sam Williams is excited to showcase their resident stallion’s freshest crop of yearlings at the start of the new year... Read More