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$16 million increase to Victoria’s prize-money pool next season
Saturday races to match NSW level as raft of changes to see $280 million up for grabs next season Mick Price, a leading trainer who often takes an industry-wide view on racing issues, has welcomed a $16 million prize-money injection into the Victorian sector, but says ideally more could be done to help owners recoup... Read More
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‘I loved his fight and that was important for me at this time in my life’
Emotional Creswick Stakes win for Free To Move’s breeder Smith Some victories mean more than others and for Leeanne Smith, the breeder of Saturday’s A R Creswick Stakes (Listed, 1200m) winner Free To Move (Unencumbered), the timing and the manner of the little gelding’s performance could not have been better. The Flemington win of the... Read More
Snitzel’s stakes-winning son Sandbar to stand at Kooringal Stud
Studmaster Lamont to also take on Group 3-winning Frankel entire Last Kingdom for 2021 season Kooringal Stud will stand Sandbar (Snitzel), the stakes-winning older three-quarter brother to Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Farnan (Not A Single Doubt), at its southern NSW property this year where he will be joined by fellow newcomer, European... Read More
NSW government to fund $20 million Scone stable and track project
Muswellbrook to also benefit from $67 million state budget as Cessnock in line for upgrade A stable complex with the capacity for hundreds of extra horses and a new Polytrack will be built in the thoroughbred breeding heartland of Scone as Racing NSW’s long-slated plan to upgrade training facilities across the state won approval from... Read More
Think Big Stud on the market
Internationally renowned property up for sale for eight-figure sum Lime Country Thoroughbreds’ move from the NSW Southern Highlands to Blandford in the Hunter Valley has paved the way for the estate of the late Dato’ Tan Chin Nam to place Think Big Stud on the market. The prized horse property, which has been tenanted by... Read More
Ward yearning for Everest berth with ‘right horse’
US trainer will saddle first season shuttle stallion-sired favourites for Queen Mary and Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot today Just uttering the name Wesley Ward will strike fear into rival Royal Ascot trainers, with the US handler having dominated the juvenile sprint features at the royal meeting in recent years. And this season looks likely... Read More