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Another hit for New Zealand as exports to Australia suspended again
Just over two weeks after trans-Tasman equine flights resumed following a Covid-enforced shutdown, exports from New Zealand to Australia have been suspended indefinitely yet again, this time due to a possible case of equine piroplasmosis. New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) yesterday informed exporters that shipments to Australia had been suspended with immediate effect.... Read More
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Aquis to stand Needs Further in Victoria
Tasmania’s leading stallion Needs Further (Encosta De Lago), the sire of Group 1-winning mare Mystic Journey and five other stakes horses from limited numbers, will relocate to Victoria this year in a joint arrangement between Aquis Farm and Armidale Stud. The deal, initially on a year-to-year basis, was signed late yesterday after a number of... Read More
Appleby: Blue Point a ‘carbon copy of Shamardal’
Godolphin trainer lauds his best horse and believes he will be popular with Victorian breeders Trainer Charlie Appleby believes that his champion sprinter Blue Point will be highly sought after by Australian breeders, labelling the bay as the potential second coming of his super sire Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway) as the champion sprinter prepares to stand... Read More
Black Soil’s fillies experiment paying off with promising Isotope
Gollan-trained Deep Field two-year-old favourite to bring up hat-trick in Champagne Stakes Isotope (Deep Field), the favourite for Saturday’s BRC Champagne Classic (Gr 2, 1200m) at Eagle Farm, will further entrench her spot as the Black Soil Bloodstock flagbearer if she extends her unbeaten record to three at her first attempt at stakes level and... Read More
Hinchinbrook’s fast son Unite And Conquer to stand at Kingstar
Conor Phelan also set to return to Hunter Valley in role at Sandblom-owned farm Brilliant early season two-year-old Unite And Conquer (Hinchinbrook), a dual stakes-winning colt whose racetrack career was cut short by injury, will stand at Kingstar Farm in the Hunter Valley this year. The former Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained sprinter, who comprehensively... Read More
Trekking denies Gytrash hometown Group 1 win
Just short of a year since his maiden elite-level victory in the Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m), the James Cummings-trained Trekking (Street Cry) denied Adelaide local Gytrash (Lope De Vega) victory in his hometown Group 1 sprint in The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m) at Morphettville yesterday. The Gordon Richards-trained Gytrash had the run of the... Read More