Successful breeders and vendors set for mid-career travel break after listing their 309-acre Victorian farm Victorian thoroughbred nursery Rushton Park is up for sale, with proprietors David and Kayley Johnson set to take a sabbatical after 15 years creating their perfect thoroughbred property. When the Johnsons relocated from Western Australia in 2008 and purchased the... Read More

Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has confirmed that it will be contributing NZ$3,094,000 into stakes for the season as part of its annual stakes’ contribution, bringing total stakes on offer for the Club’s 2023/24 season to NZ$18,705,000.   This figure will result in stakes offered at a NZ$25,000 minimum across all of ATR’s race meetings in the... Read More

Godolphin’s nine-time Group 1 winner Anamoe (Street Boss) dominated the accolades during yesterday’s NSW Racehorse Owners Association Night of Champions awards ceremony, while Zac Lloyd claimed an historic Bart Cummings Medal.  The champion colt, who won six Group 1 contests, including the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m), during the 2022/23 season, was named Champion Miler,... Read More

Michael Ward, one half of the sibling duo behind dual The Everest (1200m)-winning syndicators Triple Crown, is to leave the business after 18 years, it was announced yesterday.   Ward, who joined the Sydney-based operation as co-director three years after his brother Chris established it in 2003, told ANZ Bloodstock News he will be “seeking a... Read More

Reigning Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) champion Anamoe (Street Boss) was crowned Victorian Racehorse of the Year and jockey Blake Shinn claimed his second Scobie Breasley Medal at the 2023 Victorian Racing Awards in Melbourne last night.  After returning to Victoria following a three-year riding stint in Hong Kong, Shinn capped a stellar 2022-23 season... Read More