New first season sire winners Astern Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) continued his eyecatching run of winners and nailed a fourth through Arnaqueur (2 c ex Aloona by Smart Strike) who hung on for victory in the two-year-old maiden handicap (1300m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday. The debutant defeated Akahata (Pins) by a nose for trainer Jean... Read More

In the tax world, like fashion, often the timeless “everything old is new again” quote applies. Such is the case for the company ‘loss carry back’ rules. These rules were first introduced in the 2012 budget, however their benefits were, regrettably, short lived as they were repealed from the 2014 tax year.   Recognising that these... Read More

Synchronize (NZ) 2 f Savabeel – Splits by O’Reilly O: Te Akau Flexibeel Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM) B: Waikato Stud T: Jamie Richards S: NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1, V: Waikato Stud, P: David Ellis, $280,000 W: Pearl Series Race, 1050m, March 31, Matamata  The Jamie Richards-trained Synchronize (Savabeel) made an impressive... Read More

If you take an only sometimes fertile, thousand-dollar mare and put her with a misfiring first season stallion and get her in foal, that’s a result, right? If you can then sell the mare for $90,000, you’d be clicking your heels.  But if the product of that mating goes on to win the most influential... Read More

Tony McEvoy celebrated his 60th birthday, in his hometown of Streaky Bay, last Sunday.  That birthday milestone would spell imminent retirement in most professions. Not if you are a racehorse trainer.  McEvoy-Mitchell Racing remains very much in the now and with an eye to the future which he explained, appropriately enough, from the hut atop... Read More