The Minns government is staring down the barrel of a legal and political fight after yesterday they introduced contentious legislation that would extend the tenure of Russell Balding, Racing NSW’s chairman.  The legislation introduced yesterday would effectively pave the way for Balding’s term on the board extended to 14 years as the head of the... Read More

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

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

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

‘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