Widden Stud flagbearer Zoustar (Northern Meteor) roared into action with two of the top three lots of the day – capped by a $2.6 million filly bought by American John Stewart – as a wildly successful, record-breaking Inglis Easter Yearling Sale concluded at Riverside on Monday. Bidding over the phone from Kentucky, Stewart of Resolute... Read More

American John Stewart must be one of the more approachable billionaires going around. Trainer Calvin McEvoy wasn’t shy in hitting him up late last year via social media – a vehicle at which he was possibly more adept than father and co-trainer Tony. The result? The McEvoys teamed with the Resolute Racing boss to buy... Read More

Before the Easter sale, Segenhoe Stud’s Peter O’Brien described the farm’s son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) and La Mexicana (I Am Invincible) as “an Adonis”. On Sunday the colt lived up to that statuesque billing, selling for $1.7 million to bloodstock giant James Herron, Tony Fung and his future trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott,... Read More

Gai Waterhouse believes she has another Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) contender after Home Affairs’ (I Am Invincible) ballistic start to stud life continued when big-buying Tulloch Lodge made one of his sons top lot on a powerhouse first day at Inglis Easter. In January, Home Affairs achieved the remarkable feat for a first season... Read More

Briasa’s coronation as a bona fide star of the Australian sprinting scene came at Randwick on Saturday when the untapped four-year-old won the $3 million TJ Smith Stakes. The Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained gelding landed a maiden Group 1 win at just his ninth start as he scored under Tyler Schiller. The success was... Read More