What a difference a day makes. Trade on day two had been rather more subdued than is often anticipated at the Arqana August Sale, but it took just 90 minutes for three seven-figure lots to pass through the Deauville ring on Sunday evening.   Comfortably the most expensive of the trio was the St Mark’s Basilica... Read More

First run in 1991, the Northland Breeders’ Stakes has delivered a number of top-class performers. The most notable, of course, is 1998 winner Sunline (Desert Sun), a champion in every sense of the word. In Sunline’s case, her win was at two as the race then was for two-year-olds, staged late in the season. It... Read More

Our Kobison out to put himself in reckoning for The Everest Our Kobison will face his biggest challenge to date at Randwick on Saturday, a race that could be a dress rehearsal for The Everest (1200m), and the rising star could also put his sire Kobayashi (I Am Invincible) into the mainstream spotlight. The Angela... Read More

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott sent out a number of their stars at Monday’s Randwick trials, including Storm Boy (Justify) who landed an 850-metre heat in strong style. Ridden by Adam Hyeronimus, the Justify (Scat Daddy) colt came home well to beat Caballus (I Am Invincible) by 1.3 lengths to claim his second trial in... Read More

Racing.com a chance to also air racing from Perth Increasing angst directed towards Sky Racing by Western Australian administrators and participants in part led to the state industry regulatory body breaking away from the Tabcorp-owned broadcaster. A new deal with free-to-air network Channel Seven to broadcast all of the state’s thoroughbred meetings on its digital... Read More

The top lot on day two of the Arqana August Yearling Sale came around two hours into the post-racing session on Saturday when Solis/Litt Bloodstock struck an online bid of €730,000 (approx. AU$1,207,500) for Haras de Castillon’s Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) filly out of La Vie (Shalaa). The filly was bred in partnership by... Read More