Records tumble as Kilgravin soars with big pinhooking profits
$800,000 Harry Angel colt sets new high for NZB Ready to Run Sale Kilgravin Lodge’s Eion Kemp had a day to remember at Karaka, producing a pinhooking masterclass during the first session of a frenetic day of trade at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. The experienced Matamata-based operator sold the opening session’s... Read More
Yulong’s Lucky Vega makes a splash at Goffs
Vegas magic was on display over the weekend as the F1 circus performed under the neon glare of the Strip, but it was the razzmatazz of Vega magic that dazzled at Goffs on Monday when the first crop of Yulong’s Phoenix Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) winner Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) starred on the opening... Read More
Johnson and the Snowdens score two at Arqana
After frustratingly missing out at last month’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, prominent bloodstock agent William Johnson and Peter and Paul Snowden finally struck gold at the Arqana Autumn Sale on Monday, purchasing a colt and a gelding for an aggregate of €158,000 (approx. AU$263,000). The team made their first purchase when they parted... Read More
NSW racing plan faces backlash as legislation revealed
The Minns government is staring down the barrel of a legal and political fight after yesterday they introduced contentious legislation that would extend the tenure of Russell Balding, Racing NSW’s chairman. The legislation introduced yesterday would effectively pave the way for Balding’s term on the board extended to 14 years as the head of the... Read More
New Zealand Bloodstock’s optimism high ahead of Ready to Run Sale
Domestic, Australian and Asian-based buyers descend on Karaka ahead of high-performing juvenile sale The biggest turn out of Hong Kong buyers in recent memory for a two-year-old sale in Australasia has New Zealand Bloodstock optimistic about its Ready to Run Sale while at the same time acknowledging the economic pressure being applied to discretionary spending.... Read More
Welcome to the High Chaparral club
In a straight-long powerhouse finish in the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) by the exciting filly, Molly Bloom, her sire Ace High (High Chaparral) joins a growing line of High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) sons to sire a Group 1 winner. The February 21 edition of Kiwi Chronicles described the large impression that not... Read More