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‘It is the premier sale in Australia when it comes to its graduates’

Magic Millions is banking on the auction house’s continued evolution and investment in its rich race series and the company’s impressive graduate success as it rolls out the red carpet to Australasia’s breeders ahead of the 2024 sales season. Barry Bowditch, the business’ managing director, is confident Magic Millions can attract a significant number of... Read More

Another Award set for Written Tycoon date after Yulong go to $1.2 million

South Australia’s two-time Group 1-placed five-year-old to be immediately retired having topped Inglis Digital sale Death, taxes … and Yulong. And so it proved again yesterday when Zhang Yuesheng, the billionaire with an unquenching thirst for bloodstock and racing, paid $1.2 million for sought after mare Another Award (Shamus Award) through the Inglis Digital July... Read More

Singapore championship leader Jason Lim handed 18-month ban

The training career of Jason Lim in Singapore looks to be over after he was yesterday handed an 18-month ban following a positive test for a banned substance on one of his horses after it won at Kranji in January. Lim, who has been training since April 2019 and leads the trainers’ standings in Singapore,... Read More

Paddock accident leaves Per Incanto in doubt for breeding season

Little Avondale’s Williams to nurse elite stallion back to full health as no risks are taken Leading New Zealand stallion Per Incanto (Street Cry) is recovering from a hind leg injury suffered in a paddock accident, a setback which could rule him out of the 2023 breeding season. If the Little Avondale-based stallion’s leg injury... Read More

‘It was getting hard a couple of months ago, so I am glad to see the change’

South Australian racing receives much-needed $7.4 million prize-money boost Racing in South Australia yesterday received a long-awaited and immediate boost to prize-money levels, an injection participants hope is one of many steps in the right direction for the thoroughbred industry. The prize-money pool will go up by $7.4 million, from $48 million to $55.4 million... Read More

Zac Purton races to Hong Kong winners record

Zac Purton will continue his pursuit of Douglas Whyte’s towering Hong Kong career record for the most wins by a jockey after surpassing Joao Moreira’s mark for the most victories in a single season at Sha Tin yesterday. Further cementing his status among Hong Kong horseracing’s galaxy of stars, Purton eclipsed Moreira’s 2016/17 record of... Read More