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Strong Inglis competition to continue at HTBA Sale

The Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale this Sunday provides a proven opportunity to buy bargain-priced colts and fillies now that the big players have already done their shopping at the majors. While inspections began building at Riverside Stables on Thursday, Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch was guarded about making predictions but was positive the 215-lot catalogue... Read More

Newgate sets Australia-high fee for Extreme Choice

Henry Field founded Newgate 15 years ago and now it is one of Australia’s leading stallion operations with Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) the farm’s ring leader again this year with a service fee increase to $385,000 (all fees inc GST), from $330,000 in 2025. Newgate announced its 2026 service fees on Wednesday with... Read More

Ohope won

Since the New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) transferred to Trentham (from Riccarton) during the 1970s, it took until 1990 before the winner also scored at Randwick, in the Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m). That year it was Domino (Grosvenor). Bonneval (Makfi) completed the double in 2017 and Pennyweka (Satono Aladdin) repeated the feat in... Read More

Ottobre to offer ‘Jenni’ trio at Inglis Chairman’s Sale

Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) will never be for sale and might keep racing as a nine-year-old next spring, at the least. But her owner Tony Ottobre will offer a choice trio of his “Jenni” stock as broodmares or racing propositions at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, at Riverside on May 7. Moving to streamline... Read More

Ocean Park back in the frame as miracle filly Ohope Wins completes Oaks double

Waikato Stud believe their ultra consistent stallion Ocean Park (Thorn Park) has again emphatically proved himself a sire under the radar after the trans-Tasman Oaks double of a filly who’s incredibly lucky to merely be alive, Ohope Wins. Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner Ocean Park is a rising 18-year-old whose books of mares have... Read More

Percy Sykes plan for Team Archibald’s Bomshell works out

Cherry Bomshell (Lucky Vega) became her sire’s second Australian black type winner with an upset victory in Saturday’s Percy Sykes Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) for two-year-old fillies at Randwick. Well ridden by visiting Brisbane-based regular partner Ben Thompson, Cherry Bomshell settled second-last of the nine while Thompson let a small squadron battle for the lead.... Read More