Natalma backs US bloodlines in six-lot Inglis Easter draft
John Ferguson’s Natalma Bloodstock will take its latest step into the Australian yearling market at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, with a select group of six to be offered as part of Arrowfield Stud’s draft. Founded in July 2021 and named after the dam of the truly breed-shaping sire Northern Dancer (Nearctic), Natalma was... Read More
Storm Leopard emerges as another star for Darley’s Ghaiyyath
Darley sire Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) continued on his unstoppable way when his son Storm Leopard powered to victory in Saturday’s Tulloch Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) for three-year-olds at Rosehill. Another prominent runner from the surging My Racehorse syndicate, the Team Hayes trained gelding had been working into form in his five starts before the race after... Read More
Light Infantry Man fights off Pride Of Jenni to take the Australian Cup
Another classic chapter of Australian Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) lore was written on Saturday as an epic home straight battle ended in a Ciaron Maher quinella, as Light Infantry Man (Fast Company) overcame a once more gallant Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) in the Flemington feature. The WFA test has had many gripping chapters... Read More
‘Magic filly’ Belle Cheval shines in Vinery Stud Stakes
The mighty Savabeel (Zabeel) chalked up his 36th elite winner when Belle Cheval scored a thrilling and dramatic victory in Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) at Rosehill. In one of many spine-tingling finishes on a magnificent day of racing in Sydney and Melbourne, the New Zealand filly scored a popular win with punters... Read More
Aeliana comes out on top of Tancred thriller
If Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) wasn’t around, Aeliana (Castevecchio) would be close to being hailed as Australian racing’s superstar mare. But a week after scoring her second elite victory, Chris Waller’s other great current female showed she was worthy of the lofty title herself when she scored her most stirring triumph to date in... Read More
Inglis Easter Sale begins with ‘elite offering’ against an uncertain global backdrop
Inglis Easter, the southern hemisphere’s most important yearling sale, kicks off on Sunday marked by the competing forces of what’s been hailed as its finest catalogue yet contrasted by deep global uncertainty over the war in the Middle East. The latter factor has Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch “apprehensive” about how the auction will pan... Read More