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
Christmas comes early for Team Snowden as a pair of well-related juveniles break the ice
Peter and Paul Snowden unearthed two bright prospects at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday in the shape of I Found You and Braveheart, two well-related 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale graduates by Yarraman Park Stud’s two-time champion stallion I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit). Ridden by James McDonald, I Found You kicked off the impressive double for... Read More
Zoustar worth $78 million after share sells for $1.3 million
The share in Widden’s headline stallion Zoustar (Northern Meteor) was billed as a rare opportunity and it lived up to the hype on Wednesday as it became the most expensive stallion share ever sold at public auction in Australia when realising a sale-high of $1.3 million on the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale. The... Read More
GREAT SOUTHERN OPPORTUNITY
The date of Inglis’ Great Southern Sale is expected to help drive demand for weanlings over the next two days, but the selectivity that is increasingly evident in the bloodstock market is predicted to remain at Oaklands Junction. More than $35 million has been spent on foals so far year – firstly the Inglis Australian... Read More