Bumper Premier catalogue released as Victorian sale sticks with March date
Three-day Inglis sale scheduled as big-ticket stallions have strong representation Inglis has remained steadfast in maintaining the March date for its Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale in 2020 despite a push earlier in the year from certain sections of the industry for the Victorian auction to be brought forward. There had been calls from a selection... Read More
Kay Cee’s career-best Timeform performance continues three-year-olds success in Kingston Town Classic
The Neville Parnham-trained filly Kay Cee (Playing God) [113] staged a career-best Timeform performance when taking out Saturday’s Kingston Town Classic (Gr 1, 1800m) at Ascot, continuing the dominance of three-year-olds in the race of recent years. After being handily placed on the rails, Kay Cee finished gamely under her light weight (50kg) to defeat... Read More
Make It Rain provided former Darley shuttler Night Of Thunder with his 28th first crop winner
The Simon Crisford-trained Make It Rain (2 f ex Badalona by Cape Cross) provided former Darley shuttler Night Of Thunder (Dubawi) with his 28th first crop winner on Thursday when he won the Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Stakes (1m) at Kempton. Night Of Thunder stands at Kildangan Stud in Ireland and has... Read More
Hey Doc matches his career-best Timeform rating with brilliant Winterbottom Stakes victory
Hey Doc (Duporth) [122] returned to peak form by matching his career-best Timeform rating with a brilliant performance when taking out Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ascot. Having his second run back after injury, Hey Doc went to the front and made the Group 1 feature a proverbial one-horse race in scoring easily... Read More
Drama as Cool Silk outbid co-owners Phoenix Thoroughbreds for Sands Of Mali
There was a dramatic end to day one of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale as Peter Swann of the Cool Silk Partnership went to 600,000gns to buy out Phoenix Thoroughbreds’ shares in the Group 1-winning sprinter Sands Of Mali (Panis). Swann stood with agent Matt Coleman in the bidders’ area and traded sizeable increases with... Read More
Prize-money boost will see two Royal Ascot races worth £1 million in 2020
Royal Ascot will boast not just one but two £1 million/$1,901,970 races for the first time in 2020, with a record £8,095,000/$15,396,500 on offer across the prestigious five-day meeting. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m2f) (from £750,000/$1,426,480) and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) (from £600,000/$1,141,180), will offer seven-figure prize-money in June... Read More