Swats That (AUS) 2 f Shamus Award – Is It A Mosquito by Bel Esprit
O: Dr A C Gay, Mr G Barker, Mrs K E Barker, Mr R A Priestly, Ms N Hardwick, Mrs J Anderson, Mr S F Priestly, Mrs A M Eastaugh, Ms T L Dunstan, Mr P De Angelis, Mr D P Boyd, Mrs H M Stow, Mrs M H Stow, Dr A A M Cham,... Read More
Easter format change with sale to be conducted as virtual auction
Inglis will hold a “virtual” Australian Easter Yearling Sale, backing away from a complete digital auction, as the sales company attempts to make its showpiece market as competitive as possible during the coronavirus shutdown. After further consultation and lobbying from vendors in recent days amidst a rapidly changing environment, Inglis yesterday confirmed it would revert... Read More
Hawkes’ using Sires as building block for talented Ole Kirk
Team Hawkes is closely mirroring the interstate platform used eight years ago for top-class sprinter-miler All Too Hard (Casino Prince) as the family run stable attempts to go one better in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Sires (registered as ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes) (Gr 1, 1400m) with the stallion’s close relation Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon). The first... Read More
Badgers Bloodstock brings ‘Moneyball’ big data to Easter
While several regular international visitors to the Warwick Farm complex have had to forego participation in this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, at least one agency with an impeccable pedigree have seized on the digital version of the auction as a real opportunity. The father and son team of Grant and Tom Pritchard-Gordon will... Read More
Magic Millions reschedules National sale to late July
Magic Millions has moved to reassure clients about the Gold Coast National Weanling, Broodmare and Yearling Sale going ahead this season by pushing it back to July in the hope of being able to conduct a live auction. The sales company, like rival Inglis who next week will hold its Australian Easter Yearling Sale via... Read More
Brutal retired to Newgate Farm after abandonment of Queensland carnival
The coronavirus outbreak has forced Doncaster Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Brutal (O’Reilly) into immediate retirement rather than enjoying a Queensland winter campaign before heading to stud later this year. The Group 1 winner, a striking juvenile-winning four-year-old entire by champion New Zealand sire O’Reilly (Last Tycoon), will form part of the Newgate Farm stallion... Read More