Two of Australia’s biggest industry players duked it out in a lunch time auction ring battle for the final chance to buy a relation to arguably the country’s best sprinter, reigning Everest (1200m) champion Think About It (So You Think). It was Coolmore’s Tom Magnier who dug deepest, going to $900,000 for the Tasmanian-bred Wootton... Read More

Camilleri celebrates brilliant afternoon at Magic Millions as Maher snaps up ‘quality’ youngster by Darley shuttler for $1.9 million High end bloodstock is, in many ways, much like art – they’re collectors’ items and tend to hold their value. And if what’s transpired at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale over the past two... Read More

Trainer Kurt Goldman, fresh from landing an upset win in the $250,000 The Wave (1800m) with Arts Object (Zoustar) on his new home track of the Gold Coast, isn’t about to change his approach. And that applies to his approach to the training of his horses as well as the selection of them at the... Read More

This year’s Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale was the only auction of its type to increase year-on-year in Australasia and state manager David Houston has no reason to suggest Western Australia’s main sale can’t hold its footing in 2024. Such is the demand for stock in the Perth sale, driven by a rich mining-led economy... Read More

Dean Hawthorne and Badgers Bloodstock were active all week at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale earlier this week, and on Saturday at the Arqana equivalent, the duo got stuck into unfolding action, purchasing three lots for a total aggregate of €1.63 (approx. AU$2,660,500). The first acquisition of their frenetic spending spree was dual winner Sparklia... Read More