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York’s Ebor meeting, Deauville’s Le Marois and the seemingly doomed Arlington – racing’s most underrated fixtures?

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

Gosden team lands final blow with €320,000 New Bay filly at Arqana

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

Horse movement steps up despite tighter Covid-19 travel restrictions

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

Racing Victoria launches latest prize-money missile in fight for spring territory

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

Inglewood Stud sire War Decree makes first crop impression at Te Rapa trials

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

Nonconformist a dream come true for breeder Danielle Henwood

The Group 2-winning five-year-old resumes in the P B Lawrence Stakes today and is on course for a crack at the Caulfield Cup Owner Danielle Henwood struggled to sell shares in Nonconformist (Rebel Raider), a horse she and her mother bred, and now the horse that nobody wanted is on a genuine path towards the... Read More