New racecourse a necessity for multibillion dollar development to go ahead, RNSW chief claims A combative Peter V’landys claims Racing NSW would have the final say on any proposed sale of Rosehill because it would be incumbent on a new racecourse being constructed in Sydney in order for the multibillion dollar deal to go ahead.... Read More

Buoyed by his best season yet, Bjorn Baker believes five-year-old mare Shezanalister (Star Turn) can enhance her value when black–type racing returns to Sydney in Saturday’s Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. The powerfully built chestnut steps up for her maiden attempt at black type in Sydney’s first stakes race of the season, as... Read More

Kiwi mare Prowess sold to Australia-based interests for NZ$1.452 million Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay pushed hard to keep trans-Tasman dual Group 1-winning mare Prowess (Proisir) in New Zealand hands, but in the end they could not match the seven-figure firepower of a major international investor on Thursday. In the end, the former Roger... Read More

Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys – along with board member Garry Charny and chief operating officer Graeme Hinton – will face plenty of scrutiny at Friday’s NSW Upper House Select Committee hearing into the floated sale and redevelopment of Rosehill racecourse. And rightly so, particularly when it comes to the transparency of Racing NSW’s... Read More

Daggers (AUS) 3 c I Am Invincible – Omei Sword by High Chaparral O: A Kheir, J A O’Neill, S A Lewin, C Schembri, M A Slack-Smith, M Psaltis, Carty Racing, Busuttin Racing, Cunningham Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, A K Racing, J A K Racing & A M & B S Racing B: Arrowfield Pastoral Pty... Read More

She may have a boy’s name – and not a real boy at that – but in terms of being a wonderful broodmare, Pinocchio (Encosta De Lago) appears to have proven herself the genuine article once again. The grey mare might also have a quite particular taste in stallions, and had an ordinary track record... Read More