It's In The Blood
Volcanic Express
You think of the sons of Street Cry (Machiavellian) enjoying success at stud and you think Pride Of Dubai, Per Incanto, Street Boss and of course Hualalai. Whoa. Huala-who? He’s a ten-year-old, he’s had only 16 runners, and on Saturday he became Australia’s newest stakes-winning stallion when his first-crop five-year-old Volcanic Express swooshed home from... Read More
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Sergeant Major
Gavin O’Dea is an accountant and small-time breeder from Hawera who at 77 and having been breeding for 40 years has seen a thing or two. But he hadn’t before seen the like of what happened at Trentham in March last year when a horse he bred, Sergeant Major (Proisir), contested the Sires Prelude 2YO... Read More
Vinrock
Sometimes, when it comes to winning out at yearling sales, it’s the quick and the … not quite as quick. Australia’s newest two-year-old elite winner Vinrock (I Am Invincible) – who made it three from three in Saturday’s ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) – was offered by breeders Rosemont at last year’s Inglis... Read More
Six Of The Best – Inglis Easter 2025
Here, in lot order, is a guide to six yearlings likely to be among the top picks at next week’s Inglis Easter sale. Lot 70 b f I Am Invincible – Missile Mantra (Smart Missile) Yarraman Park DOB: 10-10-2023 This Yarraman Park filly has been turning heads at Riverside all week, and is widely tipped... Read More
Military Tycoon
Written Tycoon (Iglesia) is almost 23 years of age. He was born the year Damien Oliver won that tear-soaked Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) on Media Puzzle (Theatrical), when John Howard was only half–way through his prime ministership, and a full two years before there was such a thing as Facebook. But at a stage... Read More
Enriched
Hobby breeder Terry Board had a retired three-year-old filly in his paddock in 2014 when he received a phone call from a friend, Melbourne trainer Clinton McDonald. The grapevine had been whispering. “Have you still got that Encosta De Lago filly?” McDonald said. “Yeah, why?” said Board. “Don’t do anything with her.” “OK”. “If anybody... Read More