Houldsworth and Aristia Park’s Guscic snap up daughter of Nathaniel
Late on Tuesday evening, Matt Houldsworth of Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock teamed up with John Guscic of Aristia Park Bloodstock to purchase Summerfields, an unraced filly by Nathaniel (Galileo), for 65,000gns (approx. AU$130,706) during the first session of the Tattersalls July Sale. Catalogued as Lot 254 and offered as part of the Godolphin draft, the... Read More
Zac Purton, Francis Lui crowned Valley Kings after Happy Valley finale
Zac Purton and Francis Lui have been acclaimed Hong Kong racing’s ‘Kings of The Valley’ after the pair clinched the jockey and trainer mantles for the most wins at Happy Valley this season with multiples last night. Entering the meeting locked on 49 wins with Vincent Ho – who had led for much of the... Read More
Another Award set for Written Tycoon date after Yulong go to $1.2 million
South Australia’s two-time Group 1-placed five-year-old to be immediately retired having topped Inglis Digital sale Death, taxes … and Yulong. And so it proved again yesterday when Zhang Yuesheng, the billionaire with an unquenching thirst for bloodstock and racing, paid $1.2 million for sought after mare Another Award (Shamus Award) through the Inglis Digital July... Read More
Singapore championship leader Jason Lim handed 18-month ban
The training career of Jason Lim in Singapore looks to be over after he was yesterday handed an 18-month ban following a positive test for a banned substance on one of his horses after it won at Kranji in January. Lim, who has been training since April 2019 and leads the trainers’ standings in Singapore,... Read More
Sigh
They say you should never say never. But for one sire they said “never no more”. No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) came to Coolmore’s Australian base for four successive springs. He covered just over 100 mares at $11,000 (inc GST) in his first two seasons, then just short of three figures in 2018 at $19,250... Read More
Johnson and McKeever make a splash at the Tattersalls July Sale
Western Australian breeder and owner Gary Johnson made his first trip to the Tattersalls July Sale count, purchasing two mares on the first day of the sale, first parting with 80,000gns (approx. AU$162,940) for Cloud Angel (Frankel), while later on in the day buying Good Liza, a winning daughter of Kingman (Invincible Spirit) for 150,000gns... Read More