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Bounding’s daughter purchased by Ciaron Maher Racing
Training empire Ciaron Maher Racing’s ever increasing reach has stretched to America, with the powerful operation purchasing a filly by US Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart Strike) with a deep Australasian pedigree on day one of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Maher and co-trainer David Eustace’s bloodstock manager Will Bourne is in Kentucky for... Read More
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‘She might be half price’ – Hughes gives 160,000gns for Zoustar filly
The yearling market bull run that began in Deauville, rattled through Doncaster and then Baden-Baden continued its momentum in Newmarket on Tuesday at a strong second edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Sale. A lively day of trading was capped by the sale of a well-related Zoustar (Northern Meteor) filly who went the way of Richard... Read More
New Zealand Bloodstock releases bumper catalogue for 2022 Ready to Run Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock expects to welcome an influx of buyers from key overseas markets in Australia and Hong Kong, as well as further afield, for its Ready to Run Sale in November for the first time in three years. The thoroughbred auction house, which last night released a catalogue of 329 lots for the two-day... Read More
Entriviere to be offered on Gavelhouse Plus after injury
Group 1-winning mare Entriviere (Tavistock) has been retired and will be offered to the market via Gavelhouse Plus after a career-ending injury. The Te Akau-owned mare, winner of the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) earlier this year in her native New Zealand, finished sixth on her return this season in the Kerikeri Cup (1100m), but... Read More
‘It felt like a great idea at the time’ – Former Magic Millions owner Ferguson to sell yearlings bought during ‘medical episode’
Mystery buyer Louis Bloodstock made an eyebrow-raising splash at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale in June when the hitherto unknown identity purchased a grand total of 22 yearling fillies for just shy of $1 million, to be named the leading buyer at the season-ending auction on the Gold Coast. However, it now transpires that... Read More
‘It seems to be a recession-proof market’
Maybe they haven’t seen the headlines about an energy crisis, soaring inflation or an onrushing recession, or perhaps they have and are simply in need of some respite from the doom and gloom. But whatever the reasoning, buyers showed remarkable resilience in the face of significant external pressures as they returned to Doncaster on Wednesday... Read More