More than two years have passed but owner-breeder Steve Allam continues to rue the premature death of his star broodmare Bonnie Mac (Thorn Park), who was lost at the tender age of 12.  But today, Allam will see the single foal he bred from the mare and sold for seven figures at last year’s Inglis... Read More

Those looking into the crystal ball in a bid to forecast this season’s big-race two-year-old winners may only need to look at recent history for a pointer to the future. Godolphin and Victorian trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman have had an uncanny ability to unveil a classy young horse, usually an elite juvenile, in recent... Read More

The New Zealand racing industry were last night mourning the death of Matamata-based jockey Taiki Yanagida after he died at the age of 28. The Japanese-born rider suffered critical injuries following a fall in the last race at the Cambridge race meeting on Wednesday and had been on life support at Waikato Hospital. His mother... Read More

Handler ends second stint in Australia with hope Asian jurisdiction can ‘get things going again’ Gary Moore has closed the door on his second Australian stint, one which netted him a Group 1 win courtesy of sprinter Takedown (Stratum), and he will soon return to Macau where he was an eight-time champion trainer to continue... Read More

Murrell and Lovett win third Preis der Diana in ten years with Andreas Wohler-trained daughter of Shamalgan Australian Bloodstock won its third Preis der Diana (Gr 1, 2200m) in a decade in Germany on Sunday, but don’t expect to see the victorious filly Toskana Belle (Shamalgan) venturing Down Under. The lightly raced three-year-old, now the... Read More