Sale of Sefton Park brings curtain down on Buchanan’s 20 years at the helm
After 20 years at the helm of Sefton Park, Colleen Buchanan is going on holiday. On Saturday, her beloved farm, situated just south of Scone off the New England Highway, was auctioned, marking a new stage in her distinguished career in thoroughbred racing and breeding. “First of all, I’m going to have a holiday!” Buchanan... Read More
Reward For Effort loses battle after complications from surgery
Dynamic’s Dean Watt yesterday paid tribute to 2009 Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Reward For Effort (Exceed And Excel), after the stallion was euthanised this week after suffering an irreparable injury following surgery for an ongoing deep-seated foot abscess. The fifteen-year-old Victoria-based stallion, who has sired eight stakes winners from modest beginnings in... Read More
Williams celebrates big week after enjoying on-track and sale ring success
Agent relieved after much-hyped Fastnet Rock filly delivers on expectations for Te Akau The fact Andrew Williams was dealing with family when acting for the high-profile Te Akau Racing team of principal David Ellis and trainer Jamie Richards did not lessen the pressure the agent felt when he was charged with being the pair’s eyes... Read More
Golden Sixty needs a sterner test to enhance his international profile
Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia D’Oro) latest demolition of the best milers Hong Kong can scrape together has left the gelding’s trainer Francis Lui hoping that a serious challenger will enter the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s ‘racing bubble’ to take on his stable’s champion when he bids for a second Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) victory... Read More
Ridgmont to offer valuable three-in-one package to the market
In-foal Group 3-winning mare Shoko and her I Am Invincible colt at foot to be auctioned online Ridgmont Farm will test the market with high-end million dollar mare Shoko (Sebring) in a valuable three-in-one package through a bespoke Inglis Digital auction. The Hunter Valley operation, led by Andrew Dunemann, outlaid $1 million for Shoko, who... Read More
25 for Churchill
New winners Churchill (pictured) – Bouchra (2 f ex Morzine by Miswaki) gave her sire Chuchill (Galileo) his 25th individual winner when she stayed on well to win the Hendaye Maiden Stakes (2000m) at Pau. Trained by Didier Guillemin, the two-year-old filly broke nicely from stall eight and made all under six-pound claimer Clement Merille... Read More