The Oaks Stud in Cambridge have announced their service fees for the forthcoming breeding season with the roster headed by leading second-season sire U S Navy Flag (War Front), who will stand for an unchanged fee of NZ$15,000 (all fees plus GST).  The stallion was represented by Auckland Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Pendragon, who... Read More

There were a total of five juvenile trials conducted at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning and one was taken out by the Ciaron Maher-trained Ocean Proud, an unraced filly by the Shadai Stallion Station-based resident, Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha). Bred by Ozzie Kheir and Asrun Co Ltd, the filly was making her first public appearance... Read More

Group 1 winner Ruthless Dame (Tavistock) is the latest addition for next week’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast. The star four-year-old will be offered as a racing and breeding prospect as part of her trainer, Ciaron Maher’s racing consignment on the opening day of the sale alongside the likes of Imperatriz... Read More

Racing Victoria has released the dates for next season which will see slightly fewer meetings run overall, but a calendar that is largely the same as 2023-24.  Overall, there are 548 meetings programmed for 2024-25, seven fewer than this season.  There will be 112 meetings staged on metropolitan track, 386 country meetings, 17 country non-TAB... Read More

Juvenile ‘a different horse’ this preparation as he prepares for tilt at $1 million National Classic Cosmic Fire captured trainer Billy Healey’s attention the moment he laid eyes on the horse at the Magic Millions sale on the Gold Coast last January and his first exposure to the son of Cosmic Force (Deep Field) has... Read More

Warren Kennedy has made waves in the New Zealand jockey ranks since moving from his native South Africa, and now his wife, Barbara, is hoping to do the same as a trainer. The 32-year-old horsewoman has spent her life in racing and trained in South Africa for a few seasons before moving to New Zealand... Read More