Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey has told ANZ Bloodstock News that initial conversations have been held over an all-encompassing deal to sell the 600-acre property and large bloodstock portfolio, which includes four colonial stallions on their roster.  After last week’s bombshell decision from the US operation to leave the Australian industry after five years... Read More

Te Akau Racing, trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson have gone back-to-back in the world’s first Group 1 race of the year, stealing the show with a scintillating performance by Entriviere (5 m Tavistock – Marcey’s Belt by Golan) in the Sistema Railway (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie yesterday. Last year’s Railway was the... Read More

‘Special K’ win in The Buffering earns him a berth in $1 million Cup, to be run days after his only yearlings go through the sales ring  The first day of 2022 may not go down as the best day’s racing for the calendar year, at least when the recaps are written 364 days from... Read More

Leading US-based stud Spendthrift Farm have announced the ‘difficult decision’ to disband its Australian operation in Victoria and sell their 600-acre Romsey property, just over six years after purchasing the stud. The move to withdraw their operations from Australia comes little more than four months since the death of Spendthrift Farm’s founder, B. Wayne Hughes,... Read More

Man In The Mirror (AUS) 2 c Not A Single Doubt – One More Honey by Onemorenomore O: Fung Family Racing, Phoenix Thoroughbred (II) Ltd T: Annabel Neasham S: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale B: Tony Fung Investments/Phoenix Thoroughbreds V: Emirates Park Pty Ltd P: $1,800,000 W: The Agency Real Estate Maiden Handicap (1000m),... Read More

The career-best form of Ryan Balfour’s sprinter Outlaws Revenge (Reward For Effort), a horse he hopes can one day deliver him a win in South Australia’s signature race The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m), coincides with the Adelaide trainer’s decision to downsize his stable. Four-year-old Outlaws Revenge, who shoots for a hat-trick of stakes victories in... Read More