Racing Victoria shelve innovations, unsurprisingly
So, Racing Victoria has shelved its “Drive To Survive” mics-on-jockeys and trainer teams idea for at least 12 months, after a board meeting earlier this week. Not surprising, particularly after RV chief executive Andrew Jones’ series of car crash interviews last week on racing media – Racing.com, SENTrack and RSN – where in particular he... Read More
State of Play
By The Numbers looks into a suite of key stats to chart how the breeding industry dynamic between Australian states has changed over the past 20 years. For many in the breeding and bloodstock industry, August is synonymous with stallion parades, where the crowds head out to the thoroughbred heartlands and inspect the leading sires... Read More
No deal for Kissonallforcheeks. . . just yet
The daughter of Written Tycoon was passed in on Magic Millions Online Sale Negotiations are continuing for the sale of three-time Group 1-placed mare Kissonallforcheeks (Written Tycoon) who was yesterday passed in after failing to make her $1 million reserve on the Magic Millions Online Sale. The Dan Morton-trained mare whose brilliant west and east... Read More
Stakes-winning filly Sky On Fire selling on Gavelhouse
The latest fortnightly sale on gavelhouse.com has been given a touch of star quality with the inclusion of a stakes-winning two-year-old filly from last season. Sky On Fire (Exceed And Excel) had six starts during her juvenile campaign, headed by a win in the Welcome Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Riccarton last November. She also collected... Read More
Kintyre
He once was a colt whose roguish ways meant he could never be the favoured sibling. But since the call was made to help him do justice to his newly illustrious family by relieving him of a pair of assets, everyone’s just wild about “Harry”. He’s Fireburn’s (Rebel Dane) little half-brother, his real name is... Read More
Attard looks to the past for inspiration with in-form Ruby Flyer
Hometrack Rowley Mile test for progressive five-year-old son of Flying Artie It won’t be quite history repeating itself, but Hawkesbury co-trainer Jason Attard hopes there’s a few parallels to his former stable star, the Group 1-placed Sons Of John (Oratorio), beyond Ruby Flyer’s (Flying Artie) pedigree. Ruby Flyer, one of two Attard-trained runners in today’s... Read More