Australia’s Group 1 obsession continues
With a record number of Group 1 starters to this point of the Australian racing season, By The Numbers digs into the upward trend of field sizes for the elite races. Tomorrow’s Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) represents the tenth Group 1 of the Australian racing season and with 16 runners and two emergencies, the... Read More
Virtual success as Sheeza Belter sells for $1.35 million through Magic Millions
Yulong snap up first Group 1-winning two-year-old filly to go to auction in seven years Magic Millions’ Barry Bowditch believes the company has a point of difference in the growing online thoroughbred marketplace by conducting live virtual auctions for high-end bloodstock after the auction house sold Sheeza Belter (Gold Standard) for $1.35 million. The first... Read More
Who is next in the Godolphin hot seat?
As far as human resource power plays go in the bloodstock industry, Vin Cox joining Yulong was arguably as big as it gets in this part of the world. The head of Godolphin Australia for the past six years, Cox will officially depart the ‘blue army’ on December 1 with Yulong’s bottle green his new... Read More
Frankie Lor reaches 400 Hong Kong wins as he posts Happy Valley double
Frankie Lo continued his whirlwind career progress by posting his 400th Hong Kong win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, reaching the milestone in only his seventh season with Heroic Master (Not A Single Doubt) in the Class 3 Nam Fung Handicap (1000m). Licensed as a trainer in 2017, Lor struck with his first runner... Read More
Tropical Squall
A filly bought for $16,000 from a $1,500 mare covered by a stallion standing for $11,000 won Saturday’s Group 1 Flight Stakes, and the world knew romance was alive and kicking. Tropical Squall, from the first crop of the possibly misunderstood VRC Derby winner Prized Icon out of the maiden-winning Squalls (Fusaichi Pegasus), brought her... Read More
Coolmore and White Birch strike for Frankel colt
At the time of going to press, a colt by Frankel (Galileo) was leading the way at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale yesterday after Coolmore’s M V Magnier and White Birch Farm saw off stiff competition to secure the colt for an eye-watering 2,000,000gns (approx. AU$4,025,700). Offered by Anthony Oppenheimer’s Hascombe and... Read More