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Domestic market key to underpinning Magic Millions’ 2YOs In Training Sale
Victoria-based Tal Nolen leaves draft in capable hands of Kenmore Lodge’s Cameron and Kellie Bond Experienced breeze-up vendor Tal Nolen hopes the domestic market’s strength can be maintained at next week’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale on the Gold Coast to offset any loss of participation from more traditional two-year-old buyers. The Victoria-based Nolen,... Read More
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Blueblood Willowy provides welcome Oaks boost for Darley’s Kermadec
Breeding and racing operation’s bold stallion switch rewarded with yet another spring carnival Group 1 success Earlier this year, Godolphin made the bold call to switch stallion Street Boss (Street Cry) to Darley’s Hunter Valley base from Victoria and send Kermadec (Teofilo) south to Northwood Park, moves which had the potential to upset some of... Read More
‘We weren’t really left with any option but to move the sale to March’
New Zealand Bloodstock delays 2022 Karaka Yearling Sale in hope to have international buyers at Auckland auction Next year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka will be delayed until March, the first time it has not been staged in its traditional late January timeslot for more than three decades, in the hope more... Read More
Kiwi heroine Verry Elleegant lands fairytale Melbourne Cup success
Waller, McDonald land first wins in Australia’s flagship race as mare shoulders champions’ weight to four-length success No matter what heights have previously been scaled, there are moments that feel defining. Yesterday’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) triumph for Verry Elleegant (Zed) encapsulated just what the great race signifies. For all the big-race, Group 1... Read More
Maher and Eustace buy Bali Beach to target Cup glory beyond today’s four-pronged attack
Training partnership secure half-sister to Cross Counter on eve of bidding for a first Melbourne Cup success at Flemington Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will seek their first Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) triumph today with four runners in the showpiece event at Flemington, but already the training Goliath is looking at least five years... Read More
Whyte, Chau claim Happy Valley feature with tactical brilliance
In the latest measure of Jerry Chau’s irresistible emergence, Douglas Whyte lavished praise on his protégé after the rising star of Hong Kong’s jockey ranks produced a tactically perfect display on God Of Dragon (Red Dazzler) to snare the Class 3 The Kwangtung Handicap Cup (2200m). With 13 Hong Kong jockeys’ titles and a record... Read More