Rich Hill’s champion sire Proisir (Choisir) also registered a stakes win when the Bill Thurlow-trained Whangaehu notched up a second stakes-level win in the Trentham Stakes (Gr 3, 2100m). Ridden by Craig Grylls, the six-year-old gelding trailed the field before peeling wide and flashing home to score on the line, defeating Opawa Jack (War Decree)... Read More

The mare made up a brilliant feature treble for jockey Sam Spratt at Trentham Sam Spratt enjoyed one of her very best days in the saddle when she rode a feature race treble at Trentham on Saturday headlined by her victory aboard the Stephen Marsh-trained Provence in the Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m), whose win... Read More

The Book 1 section of the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale rounded out with a gross of over $205.43 million, an eight per cent drop on the $223,475,500 aggregate recorded at the end of Book 1 12 months earlier. The average finished at $272,507, a 2.4 per cent decrease on last year’s figure. The clearance... Read More

Successful syndicator Nathan Bennett went further than he has ever gone before when he paid $600,000 for a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt during Friday’s session of the Magic Millions sale.  Bennett has enjoyed success with the progeny of Widden’s marquee stallion Zoustar, with the likes of Group 3-winning pair The Astrologist (Zoustar) and Zou Dancer... Read More

Belmont Bloodstock’s Damon Gabbedy is hoping the Frankel (Galileo) filly he purchased in partnership with Ciaron Maher for $900,000 early on the fourth and final day of Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling can develop into an Oaks filly in the future.  Bred by Yulong, the grey filly is out of the... Read More