Confidence in Wootton Bassett hits Karaka
Camilleri-bred filly by Coolmore shuttler sells for $800,000 on final Book 1 day of NZB sale Agent Damon Gabbedy’s 15 years of experience in Europe instils huge confidence that proven northern hemisphere sire Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) can transfer his potency Down Under. As New Zealand Bloodstock’s (NZB) Book 1 National Yearling Sale came to a... Read More
Third time lucky for Mills
Sheamus Mills put aside his day one disappointment of missing out on the $1.6 million sister to Prowess and the sister to Group 1-placed Japanese Emperor to yesterday buy his first yearling by Savabeel since You’re So Good, the 2013 Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) runner-up. Yesterday, he paid $650,000 for the half-sister to the... Read More
Perry gets his Savabeel filly … eventually
Bruce Perry could have saved his Elsdon Park client Lib Petagna $20,000 had Jamieson Park’s James Chapman accepted the agent’s unsolicited paddock offer for a Savabeel daughter of Group 1-winning mare Thee Auld Floozie (Mastercraftsman). Acting for Petagna, Perry paid $620,000 for the half-sister to Just A Floozie (I Am Invincible) who was sold through... Read More
Gandharvi strikes at the last minute
You can never have too much of a good thing, at least that’s the case for Gandharvi Racing’s Kuldeep Singh Rajput, whose adviser Michael Wallace signed the $600,000 docket for the Proisir half-sister to the owner’s Sistema Stakes winner Ulanova (Santos). Gandharvi has three-year-old Ulanova in training with Anthony and Sam Freedman in Australia while... Read More
Boomer seeking Hong Kong’s next M Unicorn
The brother to the dual Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed entire Forgot You (Savabeel) is bound for Hong Kong as is the brother to rising star Orchestral (Savabeel) after the Jockey Club added to its wide-ranging portfolio of Karaka-acquired yearlings. Boomer Bloodstock’s Craig Rounsefell, the Jockey Club’s southern hemisphere agent, has bought seven yearlings... Read More
Field of dreams as Entain enters fillies market with Newgate
Henry Field has formed an alliance with international wagering giant Entain to race a group of fillies using the colts syndicate model employed by the Newgate Farm principal over the past decade. The potent China Horse Club-Newgate partnership has netted Russian Revolution (Snitzel) and Wild Ruler (Snitzel) as valuable stallions on the roster of the... Read More