New winners Hellbent (pictured) – Miss Hellfire (2 f ex Peace Time by War Front) provided her sire Hellbent (I Am Invincible) a first winner when she won the Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m) in good style at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly was second behind Soaring Ambition (Not A... Read More

The name Edinglassie conjures a joining of two halves. The combination of Scotland’s two largest cities, it was in fact once mooted for a certain settlement not far north of today’s Magic Millions sale complex, until it was decided to honour the then governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane.  Instead, the name has... Read More

Majority of big players expected to flex their muscle on the Gold Coast in search of next racetrack star This time last year, leading industry figure John Messara was upbeat about the prospects of a buoyant market at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale, a prediction which came to fruition, but this year the Arrowfield principal... Read More

“Racehorses are like vegetables. They’re perishable products, and whoever re-stocks their fridge every year is going to have a lot of success.”  It’s something Mark Walker – looking to reload his fridge on the Gold Coast this week – learnt in Singapore.  If it does not sound like eastern mysticism it’s because it came from... Read More

He died before his findings were published but Australian Bruce Lowe left a huge legacy when he devised a breeding system based upon tracing Classic winners to their earliest-known roots. Assigning the number one to the family that produced the highest total of Classic winners (he used the Derby, Oaks and St Leger), led to... Read More

This week we have seen marketing geniuses at work in the lead-up to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, which begins tomorrow. Taking the prize for the best stallion promotion is Tom Magnier and the team at Coolmore Stud. A red Ferrari will go to the owner of the first Justify (Scat Daddy) foal... Read More