As a jockey who presented Ethereal (Rhythm) at precisely the right points to win the 2001 Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double, Scott Seamer knows the value of timing. It’s something that’s also worked in his favour in his other career of breeding which, perhaps surprisingly to some, was something he pursued with great passion throughout his time... Read More

Brian Ireland was 15 when he first went to the races, at Randwick. It was pretty soon after World War II ended, 1949. “I backed four winners, and had two bob each-way on each of them,” he recalls. “If that isn’t going to get you hooked, I don’t know what will.” In that era of... Read More

Here, in catalogue order, are six among many of the stand-out lots to be offered at Inglis Classic from Sunday. Lot 22, Ch c Saxon Warrior – Anabandana (Anabaa) This colt comes up early in the sale and should be early to the racetrack as well, according to Torryburn Stud’s Mel Copelin. By Coolmore’s impeccably-bred... Read More

Sometimes breeding success comes after meticulous planning. At other times, it falls in your lap. Karaka Millions 2YO (RL,1200m) winner La Dorada (Super Seth) is the latest starlet from a Waikato Stud family that has been pure gold, one of the richest seams in the farm’s illustrious history. And to think, her heavily black typed... Read More

Miss Roumbini (Zoustar) showed her class again by scorching over the Gold Coast turf to win last Friday night’s Magic Millions Fillies & Mares (1300m), to make it five wins from nine starts and sound a loud warning of even better things to come. In her career so far, she’s not only proving an exciting... Read More