“The 37-year wait is over; American Pharoah is finally the one!” The breathless call of Larry Collmus will forever remain the soundtrack to one of racing’s greatest moments of the modern era: when the Bob Baffert-trained American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) strode clear for a dominant success in the Belmont Stakes (Gr 1, 12f), becoming... Read More

Some agents and buyers are attempting to take advantage of a potential divide among Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale vendors after Arrowfield Stud on Thursday broke away from the online auction, but prominent breeders say they remain committed to supporting the company. Inglis was forced to move its Easter sale, a 514-lot catalogue comprising some... Read More

There was a dramatic end to day one of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale as Peter Swann of the Cool Silk Partnership went to 600,000gns to buy out Phoenix Thoroughbreds’ shares in the Group 1-winning sprinter Sands Of Mali (Panis). Swann stood with agent Matt Coleman in the bidders’ area and traded sizeable increases with... Read More

By the close of trade, 168 of 246 offered lots had sold for a clearance rate of 68 per cent and an aggregate of 1,695,300gns – up five per cent year-on-year. The average and median figures went in the opposite direction, with the average down four per cent to 10,090gns as the median dipped by... Read More

Best initially had no intention of buying the Argentine-bred daughter of Pure Prize (Storm Cat), but he happened to be strolling the grounds at Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington on Sunday when the six-year-old chestnut arrived after a long journey from her landmark victory at Santa Anita Park. “I was walking on a beautiful sunny... Read More