Johnson pays 135,000gns for Topanga at Tattersalls
The news that Australia’s champion first-season sire elect Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) will not return to the Hunter Valley later on this year was a blow to breeders who had booked mares to him. However, owner and breeder Gary Johnson will be hoping he is one of the lucky few who can secure a spot... Read More
‘He could compete in some of the biggest races in the country’
Ralph Zito is known chiefly as the man who sold Mystic Journey (Needs Further) for the princely sum of $11,000, but that could be about to change if his homebred Steel Run (Real Steel) can fulfil the huge potential he showed when winning last Saturday’s Mahogany Challenge Final (2500m). His arrogant victory as the $2.70... Read More
It’s just the way it is
Last week Haunui Farm and its former stallions Belardo (Lope De Vega) and Iffraaj (Zafonic) were the subject of our coverage. This week it’s Waikato Stud’s turn due to an inter-state double achieved by the late Sacred Falls (O’Reilly). In a Waikato Stud quinella, Rhapsody Chic (Sacred Falls), winner of the last on Saturday’s Randwick... Read More
Southern hemisphere buyers set to descend on Tattersalls
Australasians make the pilgrimage to Newmarket to source stock at July sale Agents, breeders, owners and trainers will be clocking up the air miles this week as southern hemisphere buyers descend on the Tattersalls July Sale in Newmarket. The rich seam of international results that runs through the sale’s roll of honour provides a perfect... Read More
Maher’s Melbourne Cup team starting to take shape
Ciaron Maher strengthened an already-powerful Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) hand via Berkshire Breeze (Mastercraftsman) winning at Flemington on Saturday, further elevating himself in a market that is headed by a Group 1-winning stablemate. Circle Of Fire (Almanzor) is advancing in his work towards providing Maher with a second win in Australia’s most famous race,... Read More
‘We enjoy trying to do something out of the ordinary’
John Magnier not ruling out Breeders’ Cup Classic for City Of Troy John Magnier described the prospect of winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Gr 1, 10f) as a “dream” following City Of Troy’s (Justify) Coral-Eclipse (Gr 1, 1m 2f) success on Saturday. The son of US Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) followed up his... Read More