Baker’s dozen aiming to get the dough on Super Saturday
Ahead of a huge Saturday which is headlined by Stefi Magnetica’s (All Too Hard) bold bid to land her third Group 1 race in the All-Star Mile (1600m), trainer Bjorn Baker teamed up with Clarke Bloodstock to replenish his stable stock with five Inglis Premier Yearling Sale fillies which may become their next racetrack stars.... Read More
Extreme Warrior follows in father’s footsteps as curtain draws on ‘tremendous’ Premier sale
Like father like son, Extreme Warrior (Extreme Choice) was in high demand as his home farm Rosemont Stud finished the Inglis Premier sale powerfully in a solid Book 2 sale. Following on from his super sire’s typically robust results in Book 1 – where Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) ranked third on aggregate despite... Read More
Spotlight on the south
South Island racing lives in the shadow of that in the North. November and the two Group 1 New Zealand Guineas races is when Riccarton gets to shine. Late February or early March is Wingatui’s turn to be in the spotlight. The weather gods smiled and the ten race card offered stakes worth $1 million,... Read More
‘I wasn’t expecting that’ – No Nay Never colt proves popular at Premier
No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) is one of Coolmore’s siring stars … in Ireland. He has a resounding 8.14 per cent stakes-winners-to-runners ratio globally, and has nine Group 1 winners to his name … in the northern hemisphere. The 15-year-old stands for €100,000 (approx. AU$166,000), making him the most expensive of Coolmore’s 21 stallions in... Read More
Gilgai lead the way as Premier Sale surpasses all expectations
The rare and unorthodox breeding wizardry of Ric Jamieson earned emphatic financial validation as his Gilgai Farm dominated another powerful day’s trading in the closing session of Book 1 at the Inglis Premier sale. Concentrating solely on their local sale this year, Gilgai sold the day’s first, second, fifth and sixth highest-priced yearlings to finish... Read More
Bentley and Stormy Grove deliver Hong Kong Classic Cup shock at Sha Tin
Stormy Grove (Toronado) delivered a sensational run at long odds to score an upset and claim the second leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic series, the Hong Kong Classic Cup (Listed, 1800m), at Sha Tin on Sunday. Ridden by Harry Bentley, the son of Toronado (High Chaparral) made it two wins in a row and landed... Read More