Expectations high after record-breaking 2023 edition of the successful Karaka juvenile sale A total of 404 ‘quality’ two-year-olds have been catalogued for the 2024 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale which will begin its two-day run at Karaka on November 20. Last year’s edition of the sale saw records smashed across... Read More

Big things expected as the Coolmore shuttler’s first crop of runners to hit the track Wootton Bassett is a stallion going places fast. In Europe he has charted a remarkable route from unheralded bargain option to bona fide blue-chip operator. This year will see the Coolmore resident break new ground when his highly anticipated debut... Read More

Surging young sire Tassort (Brazen Beau) gained an even better result than two weeks ago when he sired the quinella in the Furious Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, when outstanding filly Manaal scored her fourth stakes win from eight starts. The first leg of Randwick’s three-year-old fillies’ Princess Series – the Silver... Read More

Underrated gelding becomes the second elite-level winner for his sire with a victory in The Valley Group 1 Left in Australia by his French owners, then offloaded from Arrowfield Stud to Victoria’s Woodside Park, Shalaa (Invincible Spirit) is now an Australian Group 1-winning sire after comeback king Mornington Glory’s impressive victory in Saturday’s Moir Stakes... Read More

Clinton McDonald believes Darley sire Harry Angel (Dark Angel) has another burgeoning star on the rise after Angel Capital stormed home to win Saturday’s McKenzie Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Moonee Valley. Ridden quietly in last place of the eight starters by Ben Melham, Angel Capital flew home in the straight to collar Amelia’s Jewel’s (Siyouni)... Read More