Coolmore goes Platinum
The most expensive of Coolmore’s Gold Coast haul was $3.5 million Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m)–winning filly Platinum Jubilee, who will not race again, with the stallion farm’s shuttler Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) already earmarked as her maiden mating. As well as being a sibling to her stablemate and Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot, the Gai... Read More
MAGIC MOMENT
Imperious Imperatriz breaks record at $6.6 million Just as she did time and time again on the racetrack, Te Akau’s ten-time Group 1 winner Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) delivered an impressive result in the sales ring, smashing the Australasian record on Tuesday for the highest-priced mare sold at auction on Tuesday. International heavyweights battled it... Read More
Joint effort
This week’s edition leads with a shameless plug on behalf of the publication itself. ANZ Bloodstock News sponsored The Roses (Gr 2, 2000m) at Doomben on Saturday and the winner encapsulates a joint Australia-New Zealand theme. The winner, Scarlet Oak, is a daughter of Kermadec (Teofilo), a dual Group 1 Randwick winner. Kermadec was conceived... Read More
Hill ‘N’ Dale jump into weanling market with $800,000 I Am Invincible filly
Renowned American stud Hill ‘N’ Dale made its second big investment in the Australian industry in a matter of months, splashing out $800,000 on an impressive I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) filly at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale. Bred and sold by the Element Hill’s Hutchins family, who are dispersing their bloodstock interests, the... Read More
Historic Segenhoe Stud put on the market
Historic Hunter Valley nursery Segenhoe Stud, a show-stopping trophy property that has a long and rich record of producing elite horses, is seeking a new custodian. After much consideration, Sydney businessman Kevin Maloney has decided to call for expressions of interest from interested parties to buy the fertile 567-hectare Segenhoe Stud, potentially marking the end... Read More
It’s Imperatriz’s time!
Million-dollar mares to light up the Gold Coast Seven Group 1-winning fillies and mares, one who could set a new Australasian record price, and an array of potential elite level winners and producers of the next sales ring and racetrack stars of the future are expected to set the Gold Coast alight on Tuesday. The... Read More