Is the influx of internationals detrimental to the Australian yearling market? Victoria Derby Day, slated by many as the country’s most prestigious race day, is upon us and so too is the annual debate about Australia’s apparent inability to breed quality stayers capable of challenging the growing influx of internationals who are taking out our... Read More

Royal Ascot on the table for richly bred Written Tycoon colt after Hunter Valley farm wins race for three-year-old Dual Group 1-winning colt Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) could race at Royal Ascot next year to enhance his European shuttling credentials before retiring to Vinery Stud after the Hunter Valley farm yesterday secured the prized three-year-old... Read More

$1.7 million dollar purchase tops Horses In Training Sale Flemington trainer Mike Moroney is understandably enthusiastic about the prospect of training Epsom Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) fifth English King (Camelot) – the highest priced colt ever sold at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale and “by quite a way”, according to Moroney, the... Read More

David Brideoake-trained Group 1 winner returns to form as Joseph O’Brien’s Pondus just falls short  The Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) field became clearer yesterday after Group 1 winner Princess Jenni (5 m High Chaparral – Glitzabeel by Zabeel) returned to form to take the Bendigo Cup (Gr 3, 2400m). Last year’s Australasian Oaks (Gr... Read More

Australia’s biggest racing week of the year is almost upon us and Nacim Dilmi, one of the key personnel in the country’s largest racing operation Godolphin, will be watching the majority of the action unfold on his hotel room TV. The popular Dilmi won’t be trackside at Flemington or Randwick, nor will he be casting... Read More