Williamsburg tops September (Early) Sale at $455,000
Three-time stakes winner Williamsburg (Snitzel) topped the Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale, selling for $455,000 on Wednesday. Offered by Tony Fung Investments, the five-year-old sold to Scone-based Brett Cavanough, who will attempt to qualify Williamsburg for the $3 million The Big Dance (1600m) – to be run at Randwick on the first Tuesday in... Read More
Gun Runner to the fore as US$2.2 million colt tops Keeneland September Sale opener
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale kicked off on Monday with the average and median up from last year’s opening session. Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm signed the ticket for lot 169 to top the session at $US2.2 million (approx. AU$3.29 million) The grey or roan colt by Gun Runner (Candy Ride) was bred at... Read More
Bustling bidding to lay down strong Everest marker at Rosehill
Former Western Australian star poised to make instant impact for Price and Kent Jnr Eastern racegoers will have their first look at exciting gelding Bustling (Frosted) in Saturday’s Run To The Rose (Gr 2, 1200m), with trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr expecting an impactful spring campaign from the gelding to help consolidate their... Read More
Magic Millions release new-look Horses In Training Sale catalogue
A total of 210 lots, made up for 188 juveniles and 22 untapped three-year-olds, have been assembled for the Magic Millions Horses in Training Sale, which will take place at the Gold Coast Sales complex on October 22. After a few years of steady editions, Magic Millions announced earlier this year they had decided to... Read More
Golden target for ‘outstanding’ Celestial Legend
Ageless trainer Les Bridge has an ominous warning for Sydney spring carnival aspirants, especially those targeting the $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m): Celestial Legend (Dundeel) has come back bigger, stronger and better than even in his all-conquering autumn. All going well, he could also be targeted at the Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) in... Read More
Different track, different result
Grail Seeker (Iffraaj) threw the cat amongst the pigeons with a rousing performance in the Tarzino Trophy (Gr 1, 1400m), the first top-flight contest of the New Zealand season, proving that a different track provided a result different from either Ruakaka or Te Rapa, sites of the two races which supplied the two favourites for... Read More