Kiwi mare Prowess sold to Australia-based interests for NZ$1.452 million Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay pushed hard to keep trans-Tasman dual Group 1-winning mare Prowess (Proisir) in New Zealand hands, but in the end they could not match the seven-figure firepower of a major international investor on Thursday. In the end, the former Roger... Read More

Waller also among industry heavyweights to face Upper House Select Committee Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys will front Friday’s second day of hearings into the state government Upper House inquiry into the proposed sale and development of Rosehill racecourse. The ten-person Select Committee, which first sat on July 22 when trainers Gai Waterhouse and... Read More

Illness revealed to be behind shock decision to keep Too Darn Hot in the UK Champion international stallion Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) had to be taken out of service for almost a fortnight during the recent northern hemisphere breeding season, the untimely illness leading to the sire’s shock withdrawal from Australian shuttling duties this spring.... Read More

Rosemont Alliance colt to step out in Group 2 as Group 1 precursor Twenty-four hours after parading Rosemont Alliance’s first colts syndicate stallion Doull (Snitzel) at Geelong races on Friday, studmaster Anthony Mithen will be transfixed to the Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) watching another stallion prospect in the making. The Randwick Group 2 will... Read More

Fellow three-year-old Switzerland to have his first new season hit-out at Rosehill The first tentative steps in Coolmore’s hopes of having an Australian-bred Group 1-winning colt in its possession for the fourth time in five years will be taken at Sydney barrier trials this week. Three-time stakes winner and Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) placed... Read More