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Shalaa’s Mornington Glory the next big hope for Laurie

Group challenges await half-brother to Hallowed Crown and Needs Further after pulverising rivals on debut Victorian trainer Matt Laurie unveiled an exciting spring prospect at Bendigo yesterday with his well-bred three-year-old Mornington Glory (Shalaa), a half-brother to Hallowed Crown (Street Sense) and Needs Further (Encosta De Lago), rising to the occasion on debut. While it... Read More

Mills strikes at Keeneland for blueblood Taste Of Heaven’s Violence filly

Yearling’s Grade 3-winning Curlin half-sister also ends up in hands of Australians The US-bred Violence (Medaglia D’Oro) filly with one of the biggest pedigrees in the Australian Stud Book will be coming Down Under to race after the buyer behind her US$200,000 (approx. AU$272,000) acquisition from the Keeneland September Yearling Sale declared her purchase “a... Read More

Two-week delay to Inglis Ready2Race Sale expected to be announced

October 26 firming as date for company’s Sydney-based two-year-old auction Next month’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Sydney is set to be delayed by a fortnight in the hope of conducting the two-year-old auction once the NSW government’s proposal to relax Covid-19 restrictions has come into effect. It is understood that Inglis has been exploring its... Read More

Judgement of Kulani Park’s Smith rewarded after Dulcify win of Giannis

Trader celebrates interstate double with exciting son of Flying Artie to follow proven Group 1 path Ask industry professionals, agents and studmasters alike, and the majority will agree that Rhys Smith has one of the best eyes for a horse in the business, not that the Kulani Park owner is one for self-promotion. Over the... Read More

Shamus’s Incentivise claims Makybe Diva to continue relentless rise

Rosemont stallion bags a fourth Group 1 winner as former Queenslander shows he’s the real deal Cast our minds back to April this year when, on the 11th of the month, the Steve Tregea-trained Incentivise, a thrice-raced four-year-old maiden of uninspiring form turned up at the Sunshine Coast, and was sent off a pessimistic $17... Read More

Keiai Nautique out to emulate his brother in Makybe Diva Stakes

Matt Smith-trained Japanese import and sibling to Fierce Impact makes second Australian start at Flemington Matt Smith knows what it takes to train a son of Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) to Group 1 success and he’s hoping he might be able to repeat the feats he achieved with Fierce Impact with his latest Japanese-bred and... Read More