Just when you thought it wasn’t possible, Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) became even more impressive in storming to win number 11 in Saturday’s George Ryder Stakes (Gr 1, 1500m), earning the tag of  “champion” from her trainer and some awestruck wonder from her jockey. The start before, Chris Waller’s unbeaten budding phenomenon was fully... Read More

Powerful colt Guest House put a gilt-edged seal on his young sire Home Affairs’ (I Am Invincible) exciting stud career by delivering an immediate victory in the most important race in Australian breeding with his dominant Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) triumph on Saturday. The Melbourne colt brought a long overdue maiden win in one... Read More

One Waller-McDonald super mare revelled in the absence of another as Aeliana claimed her second elite-level victory in Saturday’s Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill. Star Thoroughbreds’ four-year-old had been unlucky enough to run into Autumn Glow in both her previous two starts and showed her class in running second to the budding phenomenon both times, the... Read More

A filly by Australia’s reigning champion sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor) topped a tough first day of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale after being knocked down to Philippines-based buyer Miguel Almeda for $200,000.  At the close of trade, 124 of 190 offered lots had sold at a clearance rate of 66 per cent, down on... Read More

The Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale, which has produced Group 1 winners Asfoora (Flying Artie) and Private Eye (Al Maher), as well as Hong Kong standout Galaxy Patch (Wandjina) in recent years, gets underway on Thursday with 359 yearlings (425 less 66 withdrawals) set to go through the ring across two days at the Morphettville... Read More