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Larneuk Stud’s Neville Murdoch optimistic about fortunes of breeding season
Victorian farm principal believes breeder drop off yet to be seen despite Covid uncertainty The widely held belief is that the Covid-19 pandemic will lead to a smaller foal crop being born as breeders look to cut costs and the commercial realities hit home but one Victorian stud principal says it is not a forgone... Read More
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Temperamental filly See You Soon to be covered by The Autumn Sun
Woodpark Stud trainer Jean Dubois pulls plug on promising Group-placed filly’s racetrack career The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) has been chosen as the maiden suitor for the extremely talented but troublesome three-year-old See You Soon (Siyouni) whose racetrack career was dramatically cut short after the stubborn filly refused to go into the barriers. The Jean... Read More
Sleeper stallion All Too Hard an emerging Behemoth
Memsie Stakes winner signals consistent high-class horses Vinery Stud sire can produce All Too Hard (Casino Prince), a dynamic racehorse who downed the champion of his generation in Pierro (Lonhro), has taken longer to establish himself as a sire of note than his Coolmore contemporary but it is two of Vinery Stud’s former stallions and... Read More
Vale Subzero: a hero on the track, a champion away from the racecourse, a legend gone
One of the racing industry’s most beloved ambassadors, Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Subzero (Kala Dancer), was humanely euthanised yesterday at the age of 32. Media personality Bruce Clark, a close friend of Subzero’s caretakers, the Salisbury family, announced Subzero’s death on social media yesterday afternoon. It comes only weeks after the Salisbury patriarch... Read More
Behemoth joins Group 1 fray with Memsie triumph
Melbourne’s first feature of the season goes to $6,000 Adelaide raider for Jolly and Grand Syndicates Behemoth by name and by nature – but not by sales price – Behemoth is now among that most exclusive of clubs for racehorses as a Group 1 winner after he scored his first success at the highest level... Read More
Buyer feedback leads to Karaka sale sticking to January dates for 2021
New Zealand Bloodstock shelves plan to push auction back to April in travel bubble hope The chief executive of one of the country’s biggest thoroughbred breeders, the famed Cambridge Stud, has welcomed New Zealand Bloodstock’s decision to keep its Karaka Yearling Sale in its traditional January date despite market uncertainty concerning Covid-19. The experienced Henry... Read More