Two years ago to the day was the last time I set foot on an English racecourse – for day one of York’s Ebor Festival. It seems a lifetime ago. And with a near capacity crowd expected for today’s Group 1 Juddmonte International, that’s a racing experience which seems very much a world away as... Read More

Gestut Ammerland’s New Bay filly from the family of German Derby heroine Borgia and Prix Vermeille winner Baltic Baroness topped the third and final day of the main section at Arqana’s flagship August Yearling Sale when realising €320,000 to John and Thady Gosden online.  From an excellent German family, the filly quickly became the subject... Read More

Scone Equine Transport delivering an average of 200 horses a week in bid to facilitate start of breeding season With the breeding season officially set to begin in two week’s time, horse movement around the nation has stepped up to it’s usual frenetic pace and there’s now more reliance than ever on commercial transport companies... Read More

The game of one-upmanship between the NSW and Victorian racing industries in the seemingly relentless fight for Australia’s best horses and jockeys added a new chapter yesterday when the southern adversary announced a string of large prize-money increases to feature races on the eve of the spring carnival. Primarily in retaliation to Racing NSW’s introduction... Read More

Almanzor’s first southern hemisphere two-year-old also catches eye in New Zealand It can be fraught with danger getting carried away with barrier trial results, but New Zealand South Island studmaster Gus Wigley certainly liked what he saw from two first crop juveniles by his imported stallion War Decree (War Front) at Te Rapa yesterday. The... Read More