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Speedy Hong Kong-bound Super One colt stars at Inglis Ready2Race Sale
$400,000 top price as buyers gravitate to middle and high-end of two-year-old market A domestic buying bench featuring some new and arguably unexpected names prepared to invest heavily at the top-end of the market helped underpin yesterday’s record-breaking Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Sydney, another example of the thirst for Australian bloodstock. The honour of the... Read More
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Busuttin and Young take three-pronged attack towards $400,000 Inglis Banner
Trent Busuttin would have no hesitation in buying the progeny of first season sires Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) and Hellbent (I Am Invincible) based on his brief exposure to their first crop two-year-olds but it is a juvenile filly by a champion of the breeding barn who he believes holds the edge so far. The... Read More
Cambridge Stud’s late stallion Tavistock to the fore on Geelong’s biggest day
Tralee Rose books Melbourne Cup start as Melody Belle’s half-brother Tutukaka displays his Derby credentials The loss of stallion Tavistock (Montjeu) as a source of talented middle-distance horses was once again accentuated at Geelong yesterday with the late Cambridge Stud sire producing a legitimate Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) contender in the form of Tralee... Read More
Incentivise obliterates his rivals in the Caulfield Cup
The rapid rise of Incentivise (Shamus Award) hit new heights yesterday, as the Peter Moody-trained gelding proved he was the very best middle distance stayer in Australia with a breathtaking display in the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m). After breaking well from the widest barrier, Brett Prebble pushed forward on the son of Shamus Award... Read More
Smart Snitzel filly kept from public auction makes mark in Thousand Guineas
Yearning could be Oaks bound after coming from last to land fillies Group 1 The upset Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) win of Yearning (Snitzel) did not come as a surprise to her prominent group of owners, leaving co-breeder and part-owner John Messara to declare the spring far from over, believing that the VRC Oaks... Read More
Bookmaker Merlehan banking on a Debutant boilover with his young Pride Of Dubai colt
Milo Racing syndicate excited about Lindsay Park’s Dubai Oak having first start in stakes race Big-betting corporate bookmaker Tristan Merlehan hopes the latest member of his family’s expanding racehorse portfolio can spring an upset in the Debutant Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Caulfield and go some way to helping the balance sheet on two fronts. The... Read More