Trainer Yoshito Yahagi and jockey Damian Lane combined to give Japan a first Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) win last year with Lys Gracieux (Heart’s Cry), but on Sunday, they will be in opposing corners as they tackle the world’s richest and most heavily-bet Classic, the Tokyo Yushun (Gr 1, 2400m). The Derby (Gr 1,... Read More

French 2000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Olmedo (Declaration Of War), who is by the same sire as this season’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Vow And Declare and Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) victor Warning, will spearhead Aquis Farm’s Queensland stallion roster this year. The champion two-year-old son of Declaration Of War (War... Read More

Rosemont Stud’s unreserved online sale, which provided the second big test of the new Magic Millions Online system after the Cornerstone reduction earlier this month, closed yesterday with vendor and operator both excited by the results.  The Rosemont Exclusive Online Sale rounded out with a gross of over $2.5 million for the 93 lots, with... Read More

Gary Moore is looking forward to working with his elder brother John for the first time in more than three decades, but the Group 1-winning trainer wants to claim stakes success in his own right with promising three-year-old Petronius (Redoute’s Choice) before the partnership comes to fruition. A last-start Sydney winner, Petronius was scratched from... Read More

The Matthew Sandblom-owned operation will stand four stallions this year, including newcomer Unite And Conquer Emerging Hunter Valley operation Kingstar Farm has increased the fee of foundation stallion Bull Point (Fastnet Rock) for the 2020 season on the back of the performances of his first two-year-olds, as well as his increasing popularity. Bull Point will... Read More