Yulong Investments will look to stand their Irish Group 1-winning two-year-old Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) on the roster at their Nagambie farm in Victoria this year.  Trained by Jessica Harrington in Ireland, Lucky Vega was an impressive winner of the stallion-making Phoenix Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at the Curragh in 2020, winning by a... Read More

Newgate Farm has made its third high-stakes stallion play in a matter of weeks, securing Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)–winning colt Artorius (Flying Artie) to go with duelling Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) favourites Profiteer (Capitalist) and Stay Inside (Extreme Choice). Newgate’s managing director Henry Field last night confirmed the operation had completed... Read More

Home Affairs (AUS) 2 c I Am Invincible – Miss Interiors by Flying Spur O: Coolmore, Wynaus, Westerberg, Mr J Poulin, Sir P J Vela, Chris Waller Racing, Lynque, Woppitt Bloodstock, Peachester Lodge Pty Ltd, Mr K J Pooley, Mrs J L Pooley, Rockingham Thoroughbreds, Mr R McClure B: Torryburn Stud T: Chris Waller S:... Read More

They say fortune favours the bold, but it can scarcely have smiled more outrageously than it has on Mel Copelin and Brett Cornish since a daring day out at the sales four years ago.  The Torryburn Stud duo had a white-knuckle ride in securing broodmare Miss Interiors at the Inglis Chairman’s sale of 2017, beating... Read More

Lamenting the loss of two greats of the racing press room Paul Haigh and Ray Huxley died within three weeks of each other this year. Same age, 76. Same lament, prematurely – notwithstanding well lived lives and immeasurable contributions to the written word on horseracing. Their funerals were last Thursday, thousands of kilometres apart. From... Read More