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Private trainer Goldman keen to honour late owner as he ponders his own racing future

Sprinter Irish Songs to carry Cardy’s maroon and white silks down the Flemington straight  Of all the races being run around Australia on Saturday, a Benchmark 84 (1200m) at Flemington is not the first that will spring to mind, not when one of the best runnings of the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m)... Read More

Vancouver to make Victoria home as Hirsch buys Golden Slipper winner

Group 1-winning son of Medaglia d’Oro to stand at Woodside Park Stud in 2022 Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Vancouver (Medaglia d’Oro) will relocate to Victoria next season. Eddie Hirsch has struck a deal with Coolmore to buy the champion racehorse, an unbeaten juvenile and sire of eight stakes winners from three crops of... Read More

Sandhu staying out of any Lofty stallion negotiations for his unbeaten Snitzel colt

Cranbourne trainer focused on Blue Diamond, leaves ‘financial landscape’ to Lofitis  Studmasters are circling unbeaten juvenile Lofty Strike (Snitzel), a colt with a rich two-year-old pedigree, but if a stallion deal is reached before next week’s Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) the man overseeing the horse’s preparation, Julius Sandhu, is unlikely to know about... Read More

Moroney turns attention to Melbourne Premier and Karaka Yearling Sales

Leading agent looking forward as hot bloodstock market makes it difficult for price-sensitive buyers to find value Record trade at the two Australian yearling sales held so far this year has forced agents to reassess their valuations and push clients to extend their budget in order to secure horses. Even so, many are being blown... Read More

Racing in NSW to benefit from another $25 million prize-money injection

Prize-money throughout New South Wales is set to benefit from a $25 million injection, with Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’Landys revealing yesterday the further raft of initiatives being introduced are part of a big-picture approach as racing looks to shore up its future.   The enormous windfall is set to benefit every level of racing... Read More

Classic finish to bumper Inglis sale at Riverside as another record is set

Fastnet Rock filly fetches $500,000 to put exclamation mark on 2022 edition which accrues 30 per cent increase in aggregate The curtain last night came down on the Inglis Classic Sale with the company having conducted yet another record yearling sale, after the February auction increased its turnover by nearly two thirds on the same... Read More