Harron hopeful for $1.6 million colt Bodyguard
Big-money buy among nine-strong field for Maribyrnong Trial Stakes James Harron’s top-priced buy of the year, a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) filly that Tony McEvoy hopes can be half as good as Sunlight; and a $50,000 bolter from the bush quoted at 200-1 in a nine-runner field, are among the juicier plotlines in Melbourne’s first two-year-old... Read More
Arrowfield buy into star colt Militarize
Triple Group 1-winning three-year-old Militarize (Dundeel) has a new part-owner, with Arrowfield Stud teaming for the first time with Newgate Farm to take a share in the colt’s ownership. A statement from Newgate confirmed that Arrowfield – who stand Dundeel (High Chaparral) for $82,500 (inc GST) – would “look forward to participating in the colt’s... Read More
Espionage (AUS)
Espionage (AUS) 2 c Zoustar – In Times Of War by Street Cry O: James Harron Bloodstock Colts, Mrs B C Bateman, Love Racing, Doyles Breeding & Racing, G1g Colts & Breeding Pty Ltd, P Mehrten, J-D Huynh, M A De Stoop, D Saab, Rockingham Thoroughbreds & G Harvey B: Gerry Harvey T: Gai Waterhouse... Read More
Spicer snares son of Sea The Stars
Spicer Thoroughbreds’ Brad Spicer made his second buy of the week at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale yesterday when he purchased a colt by Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) for 180,000gns (approx. AU$361,760). The Gilltown-based sire advertised his credentials in Australia last Saturday when his son Just Fine landed the Metropolitan Handicap... Read More
Australia’s Group 1 obsession continues
With a record number of Group 1 starters to this point of the Australian racing season, By The Numbers digs into the upward trend of field sizes for the elite races. Tomorrow’s Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) represents the tenth Group 1 of the Australian racing season and with 16 runners and two emergencies, the... Read More
Virtual success as Sheeza Belter sells for $1.35 million through Magic Millions
Yulong snap up first Group 1-winning two-year-old filly to go to auction in seven years Magic Millions’ Barry Bowditch believes the company has a point of difference in the growing online thoroughbred marketplace by conducting live virtual auctions for high-end bloodstock after the auction house sold Sheeza Belter (Gold Standard) for $1.35 million. The first... Read More