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‘It’d be a brave man to stand between me and a bag of money’ …
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
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Munz weighs into Eddy’s chair appointment – again
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
Solutions-based Seymour keen to make a data-driven difference
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
Prebble calls time on illustrious career
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
‘We’ve got quite a lot of really promising horses coming through for next season’
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
Harding snaps up Frankel filly for $525,000 in two-speed market
Rosemont parts with Great Southern’s session topper as buyers stay risk-averse Anthony Mithen experienced the highs and lows of the bruising thoroughbred market on day one of the Inglis Great Southern Sale and he was not alone at Oaklands Junction on Thursday. The Rosemont Stud principal sold the Great Southern Weanling Sale’s day one session... Read More