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Extreme Choice colt the star of Gold Coast 2YOs In Training Sale

Magic Millions’ juvenile auction exceeds expectations in face of closed border with three youngsters breaking $300,000 mark A colt by sire of the moment Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) will head to Victoria after Baystone Farm’s Dean Harvey made a strategic call to target the juvenile at yesterday’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale... Read More

‘I am sure there’s going to be plenty of strong competition for the better horses’

Queenslanders called on to do the heavy lifting at Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale A number of familiar faces synonymous with the Australasian breeze-up scene are notable absentees from the Gold Coast this year, but regular Queensland-based industry professionals are going out of their way to help fill the void at today’s Magic Millions... Read More

Classy Noverre in stunning 2,000 Guineas win

Te Akau’s Savabeel colt produces glittering first-to-last performance to land New Zealand Classic at Riccarton  The familiar team of David Ellis, Jamie Richards, Opie Bosson and Savabeel (Zabeel) added yet another big-race win to their records yesterday when Noverre (3 c ex Magic Dancer by Rip Van Winkle) conjured up an impressive performance to win... Read More

Domestic market key to underpinning Magic Millions’ 2YOs In Training Sale

Victoria-based Tal Nolen leaves draft in capable hands of Kenmore Lodge’s Cameron and Kellie Bond Experienced breeze-up vendor Tal Nolen hopes the domestic market’s strength can be maintained at next week’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale on the Gold Coast to offset any loss of participation from more traditional two-year-old buyers. The Victoria-based Nolen,... Read More

Blueblood Willowy provides welcome Oaks boost for Darley’s Kermadec

Breeding and racing operation’s bold stallion switch rewarded with yet another spring carnival Group 1 success Earlier this year, Godolphin made the bold call to switch stallion Street Boss (Street Cry) to Darley’s Hunter Valley base from Victoria and send Kermadec (Teofilo) south to Northwood Park, moves which had the potential to upset some of... Read More

‘We weren’t really left with any option but to move the sale to March’

New Zealand Bloodstock delays 2022 Karaka Yearling Sale in hope to have international buyers at Auckland auction Next year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka will be delayed until March, the first time it has not been staged in its traditional late January timeslot for more than three decades, in the hope more... Read More