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Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale – Lots to watch
Here, in lot order, is a look at a delicious half dozen sure to whet palettes at next week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Lot 301 Bay colt: Wootton Bassett – Tiare by Flying Spur Foal date: October 27 Offered by Tasmania’s progressive Grenville Stud, this is the fifth and last foal of... Read More
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Move To Strike (AUS)
Move To Strike (AUS) 2 c I Am Invincible – No Evidence Needed by Shamardal O: Te Akau 2023 Stallion Breeding Syndicate (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis Mnzm) B: Baramul Stud T: Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson S: 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Baramul Stud P: David Ellis, $525,000 W: ICIB Brokerweb 2YO, 1100m,... Read More

The year in Rowe-view
Just when you think there’s a quiet time in racing and breeding and not a lot to talk or write about, lo and behold, something comes at you faster than Chautauqua in a TJ Smith and 2023 has been no exception, the past three months in particular. It sets next year up, starting at the... Read More

Three to follow on the weekend
Storm Boy (Eagle Farm R6 #1) TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: BJ McLachlan Stakes (Group 3, 1200m) A dominant two and a half length winner on debut at Rosehill, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Storm Boy (Justify) takes the next logical step in his career this Saturday, rising to Group 3 level... Read More

Highness
The promising Michael Freedman-trained colt Highness (Snitzel) served notice of a regal future in jumping out of the ground late on to claim Wyong’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) last week. And in so doing he revived memories of a close relative, his ‘uncle’ Dissident (Sebring), a stallion whose reputation may have dimmed somewhat... Read More

Future looking bright for Harron’s team of youngsters
James Harron and his backers don’t have another stallion on their hands just yet, but the partnership’s current cohort of two-year-olds as a group might just be their strongest yet – and certainly since 2019-20 when King’s Legacy (Redoute’s Choice) won two Group 1s as a juvenile. Highness made it three stakes winners for Harron... Read More