Let’sbefrankbaby makes US$700,000 at Keeneland
Last year’s South Australian Fillies Classic (Gr 3, 2500m) winner Let’sbefrankbaby (Frankel) proved popular on the first day of the Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday when she sold to Willingham Stud for US$700,000 (approx. AU$1,067,900). Raced by prominent South African owners, Drakenstein Stud’s Gaynor Rupert, Larry Nestadt and Gary Barber, the Australian-bred daughter of... Read More
Where the hell did that come from?
Knight’s Choice (AUS) By Trevor Marshallsea Where the hell did that come from? That was the question on most people’s lips following Tuesday’s stunning Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) victory to $91 bolter Knight’s Choice (Extreme Choice). It was asked not just because of form but in terms of how possibly could the winner of... Read More
Nothing Discreet about Oaks filly’s flying form
Prominent South Australian breeder David Peacock will aim to complete a notable double when his home-bred filly Too Darn Discreet (Too Darn Hot) contests Thursday’s marquee race at Flemington, the time-honoured VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m). Eleven years after Maybe Discreet (Shamardal) carried Peacock’s lime green colours to victory in the Australasian Oaks (Gr 1,... Read More
McKulick tops November Sale as Coolmore stretch to $5.1 million for Ramatuelle
When Grade 1 winner and millionaire McKulick (Frankel) (lot 289) left the ring on Monday deep into Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale, she left as its highest-selling mare. Narvick International, agent for Grand Stud, went to US$6 million (approx. AU$9.06 million) to land the five-year-old daughter of leading European sire Frankel (Galileo). Campaigned by Klaravich Stables... Read More
Written Tycoon enjoys stakes double on Melbourne Cup undercard
Tuesday’s Flemington meeting also proved a big day for Yulong’s Written Tycoon (Iglesia) who sired a stakes-race double on the card. Debutant Tycoon Star kicked off the stallion’s good afternoon when he led home a trifecta for Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will, and JD Hayes in the Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3, 1000m). Sent off a... Read More
OH WHAT A KNIGHT!
Rank outsider Knight’s Choice (Extreme Choice) etched his name into Australian folklore when running out a shock winner of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) at Flemington and in the process provided Newgate Farm resident Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) with his fourth Group 1 winner. Leaving plenty of onlookers stunned at what had... Read More