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Walker shows early season hand with big team unveiled at Te Rapa trials

Te Akau wins juvenile heats with Zoustar and Exceed And Excel fillies as three-year-olds reappear New Zealand powerhouse Te Akau Racing, sans Jamie Richards and in his place the returning champion trainer Mark Walker, signalled its intent early in the new season at a huge Te Rapa barrier trial session yesterday, unleashing 77 horses being... Read More

NSW take aim at Spring Carnival with big prize-money boost

Racing NSW announce new races, up prizes and boost infrastructure as battle to secure best horses heats up Racing NSW will add another $30 million to the state’s already booming prize-money levels, with some of the state’s biggest races as well as grassroots meetings receiving increases, while $125 million will be spent on much-needed infrastructure... Read More

Yarraman Park increases ownership of promising unbeaten colt Nettuno

Talented Group 3-winning son of champion sire I Am Invincible wins Doomben trial ahead of spring Yarraman Park has moved to shore up its position in unbeaten I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) colt Nettuno by increasing its percentage of ownership in the new season three-year-old ahead of a pivotal spring campaign which is likely to... Read More

Elsdon Park enters new era with takeover of Valachi Downs property

Petagnas officially take control of Matamata farm once owned by the Hickmans New Zealand’s Lib and Katrina Petagna’s significant investment in the Australasian racing and breeding industry added a new chapter yesterday, with the official opening of their private stud operation Elsdon Park at Matamata. The former Valachi Downs property of 600 acres was purchased... Read More

I Am Invincible proves Australia’s best after another stunning season

Yarraman Park’s star sire scores breakthrough general sires’ premiership I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) crowning moment, his and Yarraman Park’s maiden champion Australian sire title, has been more than five decades in the making for the Mitchell family. The studmasters have ridden the inevitable highs and lows of the industry and reached the pinnacle when... Read More

Moir Stakes on the radar of Lightning Lucky

The sire phenomenon that is Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) again showed his potent prowess in the breeding shed and may have another future star to add to his progeny CV, after the Will Clarken-trained Extremely Lucky (3 g ex Tamarind Lane by Stratum) delivered an outstanding performance to swoop from last to first... Read More