Noverre to stand for $10,000 as Waikato release 2022 service fees
Savabeel’s (Zabeel) son and heir apparent Noverre will stand for an introductory fee of $10,000 (all fees plus GST) when the New Zealand 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner joins his sire on the Waikato Stud roster after the farm yesterday announced details of the stallion fees for the 2022 season. The line up is... Read More
Angus breeder Richmond enjoys rolling the dice in thoroughbred industry
Rose Grange Pastoral to take Champagne chance with talented juvenile by Dundeel Rosemont Stud’s red and white gate crasher colours have quickly become synonymous with Australian racing, such is the number of horses principals Nigel Austin and Anthony Mithen own, but on Saturday another set of unique silks from down Geelong way will be sported... Read More
Hungry Heart looks to All Aged on way to chasing the Queensland sun
As a number of high-class horses round out their autumn campaigns in Saturday’s All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Yulong’s high-class Group 1-winning mare Hungry Heart (Frankel) will be using the race as a springboard to the Queensland Winter Carnival. The Chris Waller-trained mare – a winner of the Vinery Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m)... Read More
$1 million Zoustar colt rounds off Jockey Club’s southern hemisphere buying
The Hong Kong Jockey Club ended the southern hemisphere yearling buying season with a resounding statement after going to $1 million for a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt at last week’s Inglis Easter sale in Sydney. The colt was one of five purchases for the HKJC at Inglis’s flagship sale, held on Tuesday and Wednesday last... Read More
Unthinkable
There remains another 16 weeks of the Australian racing season. A season which includes riches to be won at the remainder of the Sydney autumn carnival, the Adelaide May carnival, then onto the Brisbane winter carnival. Therefore, the contenders for this year’s Sire Premiership will likely swap the odd place. However, the jump, in one... Read More
Equimillion the most important announcement of the year
Just as The Championships at Randwick were about to reach a crescendo, Racing NSW this week announced a game-changer for the never-ending challenge of rehoming Thoroughbreds – an equestrian event to be known as Equimillion. With a proposed minimum of $1 million in prize-money, exclusively for retired racehorses, Equimillion is designed to showcase the versatility... Read More