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Coolmore’s Everest focus switches to elite three-year-old colts
International sprinter Lope Y Fernandez ruled out of this year’s $15 million slot race This season’s three-year-old colts, considered by some observers to be the strongest generation for a quarter of a century, loom large on Coolmore’s radar as the breeding and racing powerhouse continues to weigh up its options for this year’s The Everest... Read More
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Bloodstock agent Johnson issues Melbourne Cup Warning
Group 1-winning stayer set for Makybe Diva return on way to spring majors Agent Will Johnson will be paying close attention to the Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) with his stayer Warning (Declaration Of War) on the path towards the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) while also monitoring important bloodstock sales in the northern... Read More
Experienced Victorian vendor Nolen ‘pressing ahead’ to Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale
Tal Nolen, who educated and sold Saturday’s Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) winner Top Knight (Zoustar) and topped last year’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale with a $525,000 No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) colt, will return to the Gold Coast in November with a select draft of horses for the breeze-up sale. The Victorian trainer... Read More
‘It’s a matter of if we want to make the rules or somebody else wants to make them for us’
Industry identities call on governing bodies to embrace phasing out the whip A prominent breeder, a leading international owner and a former champion jockey have all urged authorities to embrace Racing Victoria’s contentious proposal to ban jockeys from using the whip in order to ensure the industry is able to retain the governance of the... Read More
Glimpse of first season sires’ stock on show in Sydney and Melbourne
Juveniles to step out in barrier trials and jump outs as build up to October races continues They don’t pay you for winning barrier trials, but a lot can hinge on the early season results for the heavily invested studmasters who have two-year-olds by their unproven young stallions hitting the track as the latest breeding... Read More
Authentic Aussie Murphy the maestro behind Kentucky Derby success of S F Bloodstock
Field heaps praise on partner after Baffert colt causes Churchill Downs upset Henry Field has lauded the “extraordinary” Gavin Murphy, an under-the-radar country boy from central Queensland who prefers to keep a low profile, for the Australian investor’s role in S F Bloodstock’s second Kentucky Derby (Gr 1, 1m2f) victory in three years. The remarkable... Read More