Avonallo (NZ) 2 c Belardo – Real Angel by O’Reilly O: C A Rutten & Little Avondale Trust B: Little Avondale Trust T: Jamie Richards S: 2020 NZB National Yearling Sale V: Little Avondale Stud P: Chris Rutten Bloodstock, NZ$30,000 W: Listed Welcome Stakes, 1000m, November 14, Riccarton The debut victory of Avonallo (2 c... Read More

The Australian racing and breeding industry, so often in competition with each other and berated for its constant internal division, must once again unite for the greater good to immediately lobby against a Hunter Valley mining application which threatens prime agricultural land. Coolmore and Godolphin, the biggest players in the world of thoroughbreds, have the... Read More

In racing and breeding, sometimes champagne and caviar can come disguised as flat beer and sardines, with one person’s poison morphing into another person’s meat.  In 2013, Gai Waterhouse and James Harron Bloodstock shelled out half a million dollars for a well-bred yearling – by Fastnet Rock out of Legally Bay.  She was a bay,... Read More

Over the years I have written ad nauseum about what the ATO considers to be a “business” of horse breeding and/or racing for income tax purposes. This is a crucial topic as, unless your activity is considered a business by the ATO, losses cannot be deducted nor can GST registration be applied for. In addition,... Read More

What a delight it was to watch racing from Sandown last Saturday. What a tragedy it would be if it were to be sold. Sandown is the best racetrack in Australia (in my opinion). It is the best servant to the Victorian industry.  It generates the most exciting racing which, for whatever reason, translates better... Read More