Osborne-trained colt a force to be reckoned with in Inglis’ $2 million feature Country colt Beer Baron (Cosmic Force) will be out to avenge not only his narrow pre-Christmas defeat in Saturday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m), but also put to rest ten years of Randwick heartache for bush all–rounder Neil Osborne, the talented... Read More

Dunemann and Sparkes back in business for Inglis at Riverside Some of Australia’s premier breeders have backed start-up Hunter Valley operation Paramount Thoroughbreds, giving a boost to its studmasters as they look for an immediate box office hit at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. While Paramount is a new name on the scene, those behind... Read More

New Zealand Bloodstock completes highest-grossing yearling sale in six years New Zealand Bloodstock will consider tweaks rather than making any wholesale changes to its National Yearling Sale format after conducting the company’s most successful Karaka auction in six years. The 98th New Zealand sale was completed yesterday with the sixth and final session bringing an... Read More

Rich Hill’s filly by New Zealand’s champion sire sells for $170,000 at Karaka The similarities between a $170,000 Proisir (Choisir) filly and Mike Moroney’s three-time stakes winner Coeur Volante proved irresistible for the trans-Tasman trainer at Karaka yesterday. Ballymore’s Moroney continued his plundering of the Book 2 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale, signing for... Read More

Pendragon’s half-brother joins Queensland stable after $220,000 buy at NZB  As the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And that’s the philosophy Queensland trainers Tony and Maddy Sears have stuck by at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale, once again employing the services of renowned agents Paul Moroney and Catheryne... Read More