A colt by young Darley stallion Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) has set the benchmark on day one of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale breeze-up session at Te Rapa. A total of 70 breeze-up heats were conducted on a Dead 6 surface yesterday with another session to be held today ahead of the November... Read More

If Tuesday’s first session of the Goffs Orby Sale was a welcome return to form, then Wednesday’s second session provided confirmation that Ireland’s national yearling sale is right back where it belongs. As a frenetic day of trading drew to a close, all the major indications pointed to a successful rebound to 2019, driven by... Read More

Te Akau’s star Fastnet Rock mare could threaten online thoroughbred sale record with upcoming sale Group-winning sprinter Every Rose (Choisir) is the third racemare to make more than a million dollars through an online sale in less than a year, underlining the market’s insatiable appetite for elite broodmare prospects, and the world record for a... Read More

Victorian nursery Two Bays Farm have struck for the multiple stakes-placed News Girl (Magnus) after the mare topped the latest Inglis Digital auction yesterday, fetching $375,000.  Injury curtailed the career of the Geoff Duryea-trained six-year-old, who was runner-up in the Kevin Hayes Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) as a three-year-old and the Bellmaine Stakes (Gr 3,... Read More

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale kicked off in fine fashion, headlined by a knockout American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) filly going for US$1.4 million (approx. AU$1.91 million) to Joe Allen. The filly’s half-sister Echo Zulu (Gun Runner) had comfortably won the Spinaway Stakes (Gr 1, 7f) at Saratoga just eight days earlier to provide a... Read More