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State Of Rest retired after MRI scan reveals issue

Newgate-owned Cox Plate winner will not return to defend title as dual hemisphere stud duties await Reigning Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) champion State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) will not return to defend his title at Moonee Valley in October and has been retired, after an MRI scan revealed an issue that has scuppered plans to... Read More

‘It felt like a great idea at the time’ – Former Magic Millions owner Ferguson to sell yearlings bought during ‘medical episode’

Mystery buyer Louis Bloodstock made an eyebrow-raising splash at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale in June when the hitherto unknown identity purchased a grand total of 22 yearling fillies for just shy of $1 million, to be named the leading buyer at the season-ending auction on the Gold Coast. However, it now transpires that... Read More

Freedman’s provincial-winning colts to provide spring challenge

Glenlogan Park’s Chairman and Libertini’s brother Hawaii Five Oh on a path to elite level Saturday’s competitive Rosehill card threw up a pair of Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) contenders from the two three-year-old Group 3 races, as Sweet Ride (Deep Field) caused a shock in the San Domenico Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) and... Read More

‘We’re just privileged to have had him’ – Vinery mourn loss of More Than Ready

Former shuttle stallion dies at the age of 25 as one of just six stallions in history to have sired more than 200 stakes winners More Than Ready (Southern Halo), the longest serving shuttle stallion to have ever set foot on Australian shores, has died aged 25.  The striking bay/brown stallion, described yesterday as a... Read More

Bruce revels in early success

Jack Bruce is one of a number of young trainers bidding to make their mark in a competitive scene and his fledgling career continues to go from strength-to-strength with a double at Dalby yesterday, his ninth win from just 23 starters.  Bruce, who was previously assistant trainer to Bjorn Baker, Ciaron Maher and Chris Waller... Read More

Waller and Nature Strip headline NSWROA’s Racing’s Night of Champions

The winners of the New South Wales Racehorse Owners Association’s Racing’s Night of Champions Awards were announced yesterday at the Royal Randwick Ballroom for the first time since Covid restrictions were lifted. While international performances were not taken into consideration for the points tallying, the list of finalists included recent Royal Ascot performers Home Affairs... Read More