Sire power: stallion strength to the fore as catalogue for 2024 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale released
The best-bred crop of champion New Zealand sire Proisir (Choisir), the return of boom shuttler Satono Aladdin (Deep Impact) and a number of must-have Savabeels (Zabeel) are among the highlights of the 2024 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale. On the back of a successful Ready to Run Sale, the auction house yesterday released a... Read More
McDonald delights Cruz with Chevalier Cup masterclass
Tony Cruz has lauded James McDonald’s precision ride to snare the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) on The Golden Scenery (Deep Field) with a ground-saving display which catapulted McDonald to a double at Sha Tin yesterday. Untried beyond 1400 metres and regarded as suspect at 1600 metres, The Golden Scenery did not leave the... Read More
Equinox blows rivals away in Japan Cup romp
Equinox (4 h Kitasan Black – Chateau Blanche by King Halo) produced one of the most remarkable performances of his already stellar career when he emulated his sire Kitasan Black (Black Tide) by winning the Japan Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) at Tokyo yesterday – his sixth consecutive win at the elite-level. In a race that... Read More
Williamson’s Playing God prophecy
Star Western Australian stallion delivers on Perth racing’s biggest day When Gray Williamson handed over the stud duties of Playing God (Blackfriars) to fellow Western Australian farm Darling View Thoroughbreds, he told Brent Atwell that the horse would set him up. In the almost four years since that conversation in the winter of 2020, Playing... Read More
Alpine Star and Alpha Centauri sell for record sums as Coolmore splash jaw-dropping €19m on Niarchos mares
What unfolded at Goffs on Friday evening will be talked about for years to come. Group 1-winning siblings Alpha Centauri (Mastercraftsman) and Alpine Star (Sea The Moon) sold for €6 million (Approx. AU$9.98 million) apiece, equalling the record price for a thoroughbred at an Irish public auction not once but twice. The event was, quite... Read More
The Parnhams land their first Railway as Bustler dazzles in the Group 1
Brilliant day for Darling View Thoroughbreds with Playing God chalking up stakes double By Lydia Symonds Neville Parnham, his son Steven and his former stable star, Playing God (Blackfriars), celebrated a day at Ascot that will live long in the memory, as they teamed up to win the WA Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) and Western... Read More