Fire threatens Western Australia studs as Perth yearling sale looms Western Australian stud farm owners have spent the dead of night moving horses to safety and used daylight hours to protect their properties as out-of-control bushfires wreak havoc near Perth, just two weeks out from the state’s major yearling sale. Mogumber Park at Bullsbrook, one... Read More

Winsum’s half-sister Caliper earns debut in Blue Diamond lead-up at Caulfield on Saturday Ken Keys, the Cranbourne trainer who continues to skirt around the edges of a yearling sale in his quest to unearth his stable’s next good horse, will have a throw at the stumps with an unraced Star Witness (Starcraft) filly in the... Read More

So You Think colt set to resume in the Eskimo Prince Stakes on his favoured Randwick track The hype around three-year-olds whose stud careers have already been sewn up may have Eskimo Prince Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) contender Peltzer (So You Think) flying under the radar, but Gerald Ryan wants to wait and see what... Read More

Odds-on Inglis Millennium (RL, 1200m) favourite Profiteer will have a new majority owner when the Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt runs in Saturday’s $2 million juvenile race after Newgate Farm negotiated a deal to buy into the son of its promising Golden Slipper-winning sire. Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field announced  late yesterday that the Hunter... Read More

Dual Group 1 winner confirmed for Inglis breeding stock auction, but no decision on Melody Belle Inglis has landed the first blow in the competitive auction house rivalry to acquire high-end breeding stock with confirmation that dual Group 1-winning sprinter Pippie (Written Tycoon), a valuable outcross mare, will be offered at this year’s Chairman’s Sale.... Read More