Last-minute Snitzel proves irresistible for Carey
Iskander-bred colt sets new record at Great Southern Sale after selling for $575,000 A decision to sell a prized Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) colt considered the best of the year just days out from the Inglis Great Southern Sale has paid a massive financial dividend for his breeder Sheriff Iskander. The half-brother to Sir Owen Glenn’s... Read More
I Found You (AUS)
2 f I Am Invincible – Listen Here by Elusive Quality O: China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd B: Cressfield Thoroughbreds T: Peter and Paul Snowden S: 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Cressfield P: China Horse Club, $1,300,000 W: James Squire Maiden Handicap, 1150m, June 12, Randwick-Kensington The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained I... Read More
“He’s been well received already”
Telemon Thoroughbreds is first and foremost a stallion farm, but studmaster Dan Fletcher was reticent to add a new boy to the Queensland farm’s roster just for the sake of it. The game’s too hard as it is and the family owned Telemon doesn’t have the outside financial backing to be able to play the... Read More
Harding snaps up Frankel filly for $525,000 in two-speed market
Rosemont parts with Great Southern’s session topper as buyers stay risk-averse Anthony Mithen experienced the highs and lows of the bruising thoroughbred market on day one of the Inglis Great Southern Sale and he was not alone at Oaklands Junction on Thursday. The Rosemont Stud principal sold the Great Southern Weanling Sale’s day one session... Read More
Fownes notches Happy Valley milestone as Cruz and Chung fire
Caspar Fownes reached another towering Happy Valley milestone on Wednesday night with a record-extending 600th victory at the city circuit as Angus Chung bolstered hopes of clinching the Tony Cruz Award for the leading home-grown Hong Kong jockey with a double. Four-time Hong Kong champion Fownes – revered as the ‘King of the Valley’ for... Read More
Socks Nation
You’ve got to love a bit of excitement, even over-excitement, in racing. It’s what the industry is based on, after all. When Ciaron Maher won the 2020 Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) with Sir Dragonet (Camelot), in one of the great post-race interviews, he famously thanked his sisters. “I’ve gotta give my mum and dad... Read More