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New Zealand Bloodstock’s optimism high ahead of Ready to Run Sale
Domestic, Australian and Asian-based buyers descend on Karaka ahead of high-performing juvenile sale The biggest turn out of Hong Kong buyers in recent memory for a two-year-old sale in Australasia has New Zealand Bloodstock optimistic about its Ready to Run Sale while at the same time acknowledging the economic pressure being applied to discretionary spending.... Read More
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Welcome to the High Chaparral club
In a straight-long powerhouse finish in the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) by the exciting filly, Molly Bloom, her sire Ace High (High Chaparral) joins a growing line of High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) sons to sire a Group 1 winner. The February 21 edition of Kiwi Chronicles described the large impression that not... Read More
NSW breeders threaten legal action over Balding’s possible reappointment
Heat turned up as bitter power battle at the top of Racing NSW continues Thoroughbred Breeders NSW has dramatically entered the fray in the increasingly bitter divide over a proposed extension of Racing NSW chairman Russell Balding’s term on the board, threatening legal action if legislation is passed allowing the director to stay on for... Read More
CLASSIC REPUTATION
‘You’d be hard pressed to find a participant that doesn’t have a positive success story’ Inglis has changed the format for the 2024 Classic Yearling Sale but the auction house has resisted the temptation to follow the lead of its rival Magic Millions and increase the number of horses offered at its pot of gold... Read More
Another big day for Zoustar as Joliestar shines in the Thousand Guineas
Cambridge Stud-owned filly continues Widden Stud stallion’s wonderful spring with victory in the Caulfield Classic Zoustar’s (Northern Meteor) incredible run of form continued apace at Caulfield yesterday, when his daughter Joliestar produced a scintillating display to win the Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and in so doing became the Widden stallion’s seventh individual Group 1... Read More
Coeur Volante and Skybird tipped to shine in strong Guineas line-up
Trainers welcome new race date as best of Victoria tackle NSW raiders A cracking edition of the breed-shaping Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) should provide a strong vindication for its new timeslot today, with Victorian trainers Mike Moroney and Mitch Freedman backing Coeur Volante (Proisir) and Skybird (Exosphere) to repel another Sydney challenge. Coeur Volante,... Read More