New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chairman Cameron George says change must come now or there won’t be an industry in years to come New Zealand thoroughbred racing received a long overdue shot in the arm this week with the announcement of $7 million worth of prize-money increases for next season giving the sport its best chance... Read More

Too Good Too Hard also sets broodmare session record at $560,000 as Melbourne sale comes to an end The highest-priced weanling sold on the second day of the Inglis Great Southern Sale, a So You Think (High Chaparral) colt from the family of champion mare Makybe Diva (Desert King), may be retained to race with... Read More

Fifteen weanlings reach six figures as Blue Gum’s ’Star fetches $360,000 on opening day of trade at Oaklands The decision by Blue Gum Farm’s Phil Campbell to chance his arm with a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt at the Inglis Great Southern Sale paid off handsomely yesterday, with the opening session’s top lot setting a new... Read More

Strong interest evident in build up to delayed two-day weanling and mare auction at Oaklands Junction July is usually seen as a period of rare downtime, if there is such a thing in the breeding industry, but instead hardened vendors and buyers were at Oaklands Junction gripped by a fierce wind chill factor yesterday in... Read More

Busuttin and Young hoping to deliver a poignant 20th black type winner of season for stallion that kick-started career Entering the final stages of an enthralling 2020/21 season, the races to decide the leading stallions of the past 12 months have shaped up as close-run contests. Newgate’s first-season sire phenomena Extreme Choice (Not A Single... Read More