BUT ASFOORA’S NOT FOR SALE Offers to buy Royal Ascot-conquering Australian sprinter Asfoora (Flying Artie) have been forthcoming, but the Group 1-winning mare’s owner has revealed they won’t be entertained. Akram El-Fahkri returned to Melbourne on Saturday, just days after witnessing his Henry Dwyer-trained homebred Asfoora land the King Charles III Stakes (Gr 1, 5f)... Read More

Outspoken Racing Victoria (RV) critic Jonathan Munz, the chair of Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners Association (TROA), has doubled down on his dissatisfaction that the state’s peak racing body has appointed Tim Eddy as its new chair.  Tim Rourke and Mark Player were recently appointed to the RV board with Eddy stepping up as chair to replace... Read More

Equate seminar to host an array of speakers from within and outside thoroughbred industry Data is the future of the thoroughbred industry, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be room for intuition in assessing the merits of horses and races. In fact, that immeasurable that has been used by some of racing and breeding’s greatest... Read More

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Brett Prebble, who rode with distinction in Hong Kong for more than a decade, has officially called time on his glittering career in the saddle.  Victorian Prebble, who has also won a Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) and a Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), had been based in Sydney at the end... Read More

Henderson celebrating OTI’s first century with the promise of more success in the pipeline A glass of early morning champagne on a Greek island might not have been the most expected way to celebrate, but as OTI’s Terry Henderson toasted 100 winners for the season on Saturday, it certainly tasted sweet. Far from any mounting... Read More