Yulong have rewarded Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) and Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) with fee increases for 2025, while US shuttler More Than Looks (More Than Ready) has been introduced into the Australian market at a fee of $22,000 (all fees inc GST).  Alabama Express will stand his sixth season in the covering barn at... Read More

The Quokka (1200m) will stay in West Australia for the first time since its inception after Jokers Grin (Maschino) gave his trainer Bernie Miller and jockey Patrick Carbery their biggest victories in the $5 million feature at Ascot.  In adding the lucrative sprint feature to his burgeoning record, the four-year-old Maschino (Encosta De Lago) gelding... Read More

The explosive rise of Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) continued when the Vinery Stud first–season stallion’s son Legacy Bound became his fourth stakes winner in Saturday’s Breeders’ Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Morphettville. With exceptional timing given Ole Kirk last week received a hefty service fee rise from $55,000 (inc GST) to $99,000 (inc GST), the... Read More

Brilliant but unlucky mare Charm Stone (I Am Invincible) repaid $1.55 million worth of faith from bloodstock buyer Sheamus Mills by storming to elite-level glory in Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Morphettville. Despite being moderately rated for the fillies and mares’ WFA sprint as an $11 chance, the Mick Price and Michael... Read More

Eight years after his first two, West Australian-based stallion Manhattan Rain (Encosta De Lago) has a third Group 1 winner after Benagil brought an emotional first solo top-level success for trainer Glen Thompson in the Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m). Two months after the death of his more senior training partner Mike Moroney, Thompson cheered... Read More