Exceed And Excel stallion prospect joins Brunton stable in bid to rejuvenate career Well-bred Group 2-winning sprinter Oxley Road (Exceed And Excel) will race on after a stud deal for the rising six-year-old entire was unable to be reached. A brother to Vinery’s young Group 1-winning stallion Exceedance and half-brother to dual Listed winner Mac... Read More

History-making three-time Group 1 winner becomes the first son of Maurice to stand at stud in Australia, commanding a fee of $22,000 Brilliant three-year-old Hitotsu, a son of Japanese super sire Maurice (Screen Hero), will stand at Arrowfield Stud in the Hunter Valley after the stallion prospect fought back from life-threatening injury and illness. The... Read More

Local farms and vendors increase their presence for Melbourne’s flagship sale as largest ever catalogue released The growth in strength of the Victorian breeding industry is behind the recent success of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, according to the auction house’s Victorian bloodstock manager James Price, and the state’s breeders and vendors have again... Read More

The juvenile scene took further shape at Eagle Farm yesterday, as the James Harron Bloodstock-owned colt Godfather (2 c I Am Invincible – Meliora by Ad Valorem) made the perfect start to his career when producing a dominant performance to win the Phelan Ready Stakes (Listed, 1000m).  A $1.1 million Magic Millions buy from the... Read More

Daughter of Star Turn wins head-bobbing thriller in $500,000 contest to set path towards autumn features Promising Star Turn (Star Witness) filly Saltaire (2 f ex Testa Sarah by Testa Rossa) showed talent and toughness in equal measure to prevail in a thrilling head-bobbing duel and claim yesterday’s Inglis Nursery (RL, 1000m) at Randwick, setting... Read More