Victory in the Group 1 brought up the trainers 50th elite level winner and Savabeel’s 26th  Just when you thought Jamie Richards couldn’t get anymore dominant, the young trainer took his career into another stratosphere yesterday when The Perfect Pink (Savabeel) landed the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Riccarton, leading home an... Read More

World-renowned equestrian Ashlie Waters will transition into the thoroughbred industry after she purchased state-of-the-art Queensland spelling and pre-training facility Archer Park for $6 million yesterday. Archer Park, which went to auction at the Woodford Hotel in a sale handled by Donovan and Co’s Clint Donovan and Magic Millions, bought the property to allow her to... Read More

Fast stakes-winning Karakontie mare Karak continues strong Australian interest in US breeding stock market Kestrel Thoroughbreds’ Bruce Slade made his first successful foray into the US mare market on day two of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale as southern hemisphere breeders continued to plunder Kentucky in search of outcross pedigrees. Slade teamed up with... Read More

Long-range Oaks plans for Richards-trained Savabeel filly but Riccarton goal comes first A failed attempt to buy high-class racemare The Solitaire (O’Reilly) by Tony Rider several years ago has led to the Milan Park principal, and those who rejected his handsome offer, sharing in the ownership of leading New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m)... Read More

Anthony Mithen has eye on Spring Carnival success with US$1.375 million purchase La Dragontea as records tumble in Kentucky Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton November auction marked the start of a ten-day breeding stock sale extravaganza in Kentucky, and the quality assembled for the curtain-raising ‘Night of the Stars’ showpiece saw records tumble, as it drew an elite... Read More