Off the back of another big week at the yearling sales, Randwick-based trainer Michael Freedman will make the journey to Queensland on Saturday with a quintet of big hopes in stakes races across the Eagle Farm card. Freedman teamed up with bloodstock agent Andy Williams to secure a filly for $580,000, while also going to... Read More

Michael Freedman continued his Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) spending spree on the final day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale when the trainer partnered with Darby Racing and Andrew Williams Bloodstock to purchase the Newgate sensation’s bay colt for $400,000. Fresh from his Group 2 success with Berzelius over the... Read More

Zac Purton broke new ground at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 31 May) as the Australian became the first jockey to ride 2,000 winners in Hong Kong, reaching the milestone aboard Rising World (Nicconi) (121lb) in the Hong Kong Wu Hua General Association Cup Plate (1200m) for Griffins.  Breaking swiftly from barrier 10 on Brett... Read More

Punters lost faith but not the connections of Electron (Turn Me Loose), winner of Saturday’s AGC Training Centre Stakes (Listed, 1600m) at Wanganui. The mare took seven starts to win her maiden then quickly added two more wins. She has tried stakes level on 11 occasions during her 31-start career and last autumn managed a... Read More

The principle of supply and demand ultimately determines the value of any product, and so it was of no great surprise that the only lots by Lope De Vega (Shamardal), Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) and I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) on offer on the opening day of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National... Read More

Highly rated punters’ headache Regal Award (Ole Kirk) became his young sire’s seventh stakes winner and capped a major day for trainer Phillip Stokes and jockey Lachie Neindorf in taking Saturday’s Fred Best Classic (Gr 3, 1400m) at Eagle Farm. A total of 35 minutes after claiming the Lord Mayor’s Cup (Gr 3, 1800m) with... Read More