Boom filly joins her sister in Taylor stable with a $230,000 price tag
Sibling to Rockhampton’s stakes-placed star tops Magic Millions March Yearling Sale attle breeders Laird and Sonia Morgan have ramped up their involvement in the thoroughbred industry by ensuring the sister to one of Queensland’s most exciting sprinters remains in the state. The Western Downs Wagyu beef producers partnered with Chinny Boom’s Rockhampton-based trainer Clinton Taylor... Read More
Bred to go the distance
Although punters were caught unawares, students of bloodlines may have predicted the upset result in Saturday’s Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m). Naturally, hindsight is twenty-twenty not to mention that hot favourite Legarto (Proisir) came into the race in stunning form. Her win in the Herbie Dyke Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) last month was... Read More
Two Better Than Readys better than one for Hulbert
$140,000 brother to The Hamo tops day one at the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale The brother to promising juvenile The Hamo (Better Than Ready) will join his year-older sibling in training in Brisbane after topping the opening day of the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale. On a difficult day’s trade for vendors, where one... Read More
Circumspect outlook ahead of Magic Millions March Yearling Sale
Vendors banking on QTIS to incentivise buyers at sale that ‘punches well above its weight’ Queensland studmaster Jeff Kruger admits he is heading into today’s Magic Millions March Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast with a certain degree of apprehension. As the yearling sales calendar moves past the halfway mark of the season, it is... Read More
Holmes A Court lays down Slipper gauntlet
Holmes A Court will be given the chance to emulate his Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m)-winning sire Capitalist (Written Tycoon) in the Rosehill juvenile feature later this month after he gained a spot in the field with his victory in yesterday’s Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Canberra. The colt’s triumph underscored a brilliant... Read More
California Spangle wins Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup for Avdulla and Cruz
Tony Cruz dedicated California Spangle’s (Starspangledbanner) victory in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (Gr 1, 1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday to late owner Howard Liang, while praising Brenton Avdulla’s “perfect” ride on the stable flag bearer. Unplaced at his previous four runs, California Spangle reprised his best form under Avdulla, who claimed his first Hong... Read More