‘Incredible’ $1.9 million I Am Invincible colt to feel right at home at Coolmore
Magnier shows his might with three million-dollar purchases during remarkable day of trade at Magic Millions Coolmore does not need to prove its strength in the marketplace, the global giant has done that many times, but its Australian principal Tom Magnier yesterday made his presence felt at the Magic Millions by signing for three colts,... Read More
Ryan and Hermitage look to familiar source
Trainer Gerald Ryan and prominent owners Hermitage Thoroughbreds are all too familiar with the on-track ability of first season sires Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) and The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice). Ryan prepared the former to four Group 1 triumphs, while the Chris Waller-trained The Autumn Sun carried the green and red chevroned silks of Hermitage to... Read More
Danehill still atop his throne but challengers closing in
Danehill’s (Danzig) prevailing dominance of the Australian stallion ranks since the mid 1990s can only be described as a racing dynasty scaling Habsburgian proportions, however the winds of change swirling beneath the sireline’s throne have blown that bit more profusely this week on the Gold Coast. Of course, a yearling by a Danehill-line stallion sits... Read More
Miss Hellfire
Breeding behemoth Newgate Farm is not just making hay out of the fertile fields of the Hunter Valley. It does extremely well out of dirt, too. For several years one of its most vibrant Fields, Henry, has been making three or four trips to the USA annually, tapping into a stream which, here in Australia,... Read More
Altomonte’s Corumbene celebrating good day on the Gold Coast
Here’s one you don’t see too often: Lot 311 at yesterday’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale was a colt whose grandam is it’s great-grandam. The colt is by Menari, who’s by Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) out of Isurava (General Nediym). And he’s the first foal of a three-time winner in Natalia (Choisir), whose dam Booralee... Read More
Neasham delighted to capture rare sibling to Slipper winner
Nothin Leica Storm (Anabaa) – winner of a Cessnock maiden and a sometimes fertile broodmare – has become a million-to-one horse. It cost Mackay breeder Paul Maguire just $1,000 to buy the daughter of Anabaa (Danzig), fresh from a not very good 12th of 12 at Port Macquarie, after she’d been passed in at the... Read More