Singaporean and Filipino owners combine for top-priced daughter of Zoustar
Iskander-bred $260,000 filly closes out Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale The popularity of Zoustar (Northern Meteor) continued on the final day of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale with a filly by Widden’s banner sire selling for a session-high $260,000 on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, helping trade across seven days on the Gold... Read More
Cambridge Stud to offer 22 lots on Gavelhouse
A 22-strong offering from Cambridge Stud feature among the latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com with the famous nursery giving buyers access to 11 weanlings, two yearlings and nine broodmares. “We’ve used gavelhouse.com quite a few times to sell mares in the past, and we’ve noticed that the online market is gaining more and more traction,”... Read More
Revered Walls calls time on NZB tenure
Distinguished New Zealand thoroughbred industry leader Joe Walls has retired from his role as chairman of New Zealand Bloodstock, bringing to a close his illustrious tenure with the auction house that spanned more than five decades. Starting with the company in 1972, when it was known as Wright Stephenson’s, Walls quickly became a globally regarded... Read More
Ellis makes $400,000 move for standout Zoustar colt
Half-brother to Te Akau’s Manawatu Sires’ winner to join New Zealand stable A week after Te Akau chief David Ellis reached dizzying heights as a vendor when selling the stable’s champion mare Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) for a record-breaking $6.6 million, Ellis was a major player on day one of the Magic Millions National Yearling... Read More
Woppitt to part with Sweet Embrace winner Lazzago
Last season’s Sweet Embrace Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winning filly Lazzago (Capitalist) will be offered for sale on the next Inglis Digital online auction. Trained by Chris Waller for the Kepitis’s Woppitt Bloodstock, Lazzago won her first start in December of her two-year-old season prior to finishing fourth in the Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m). She... Read More
Save Rosehill group amps up pressure on ATC
A group of prominent thoroughbred industry figures have come together as one to continue to protest the proposed sell-off of major Sydney racecourse Rosehill. The Australian Turf Club last November, in concert with the Labor state government, went public with plans to potentially sell the inner western Sydney site for upwards of $5 billion and... Read More