Since April 2022 I have been constantly updating the industry on the status of Godolphin’s land tax exemption dispute with Revenue NSW. A Darley loss on assessment, a win at the NSW Supreme Court, a loss at the Court of Appeal – a drama that we hope would end with victory at the highest court... Read More

Federal politicians have pledged bipartisan support for the thoroughbred industry, emphasising its importance to the economy and the integral part it plays in the social fabric of rural, regional and metropolitan Australia.  More than 40 MPs and Senators from across the political divide gathered with industry leaders at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday evening... Read More

$4 million property in tightly held part of north-east Victoria put on the market Neville Murdoch is selling Larneuk Stud and getting out of the cut-throat stallion game, but the expatriate Kiwi won’t be lost to the thoroughbred breeding industry altogether. The 84-hectare Victorian farm, located in a tightly held area of Gooram, near Euroa... Read More

Triple Group 1-winning three-year-old Militarize (Dundeel) has a new part-owner, with Arrowfield Stud teaming for the first time with Newgate Farm to take a share in the colt’s ownership. A statement from Newgate confirmed that Arrowfield – who stand Dundeel (High Chaparral) for $82,500 (inc GST) – would “look forward to participating in the colt’s... Read More

Coolmore is the new custodian of long-time breeder John Singleton’s renowned Strawberry Hill Stud property on the New South Wales Central Coast. Singleton, 81, made the snap decision to disperse his breeding stock, homed at Strawberry Hill Stud at Mount White at an on-property sale last month, and yesterday Tom Magnier, Coolmore Australia’s principal, was... Read More