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Johnson and the Snowdens score two at Arqana
After frustratingly missing out at last month’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, prominent bloodstock agent William Johnson and Peter and Paul Snowden finally struck gold at the Arqana Autumn Sale on Monday, purchasing a colt and a gelding for an aggregate of €158,000 (approx. AU$263,000). The team made their first purchase when they parted... Read More
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s optimism high ahead of Ready to Run Sale
Domestic, Australian and Asian-based buyers descend on Karaka ahead of high-performing juvenile sale The biggest turn out of Hong Kong buyers in recent memory for a two-year-old sale in Australasia has New Zealand Bloodstock optimistic about its Ready to Run Sale while at the same time acknowledging the economic pressure being applied to discretionary spending.... Read More
Two down, one to go
It is New Zealand Bloodstock’s turn to stage their annual Ready To Run Sale and the 2023 edition is set to be held within an uncertain market. Two recent similar sales, in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, were mixed at best. The Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Sydney was at times hard going resulting in... Read More
Riversley to offer another bumper draft
Riversley Park is set to offer another bumper Ready To Run Sale draft at Karaka this week. The Waikato farm will have 38 juveniles go under the hammer and farm principal Sam Beatson is looking forward to seeing how his draft is received by the international buying bench. Farm graduates have performed to a high... Read More
Slipper winner Fireburn sold to Japan
Last year’s Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Fireburn (Rebel Dane) has been retired and will now embark on a career as broodmare in Japan. Bred by Laurel Oak Bloodstock’s Louis Mihalyka, Grant Bloodstock and Carpe Diem Syndicate, Fireburn, whose other elite-level victory came in the 2022 Inglis Sires’ (Gr 1, 1400m), has been... Read More
Quality to the fore as Magic Millions release bumper Gold Coast yearling catalogue
A bigger book of 1,468 youngsters set to go under the hammer in January Half-siblings to some of Australasia’s finest sprinters including Imperatriz (I Am Invincible), Think About It (So You Think), In Secret (I Am Invincible) and Sunlight (Zoustar) are set to be among the most keenly sought lots at January’s bumper Magic Millions... Read More