Canning Downs soaking up Extreme experience with exciting Blue Sapphire winner
Warrior could provide owners with ultimate reward in Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes The decision to send Extreme Warrior (Extreme Choice) to an Echuca maiden to start a make-or-break spring preparation might’ve raised eyebrows amongst the owners of the talented colt but less than a fortnight later the group are staring down the barrel of... Read More
O’Brien and Brummitt take tally to four at Tattersalls
Danny O’Brien and his European agent Jeremy Brummitt purchased three yearlings on the second day of the Tattersalls October Book 2 Yearling Sale yesterday, adding to the single yearling they secured at Book 1 during last week. Among the three purchases was a Free Eagle (High Chaparral) colt for 150,000 guineas (approx. AU$291,000), who is... Read More
Deep Field colt shines on day two of NZB Ready to Run Sale breeze-up session
Day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale breeze-ups had the final 139 two-year-olds complete their gallop down the home straight at Te Rapa racecourse yesterday. A total of 274 horses breezed up across the two days, with their sights now set on heading through the sale ring on November 17 and 18... Read More
State-of-the-art spelling and pre-training facility Archer Park on the market
Sale of Queensland property results in dissolution of five-party farm investors but racing syndicate will continue A change in direction by three business partners behind state-of-the-art Queensland spelling and pre-training facility Archer Park has forced the Sunshine Coast hinterland property to be put on the market. Archer Park managing director Chris Wessel, one of five... Read More
‘Racehorse to Ranch’ champ Subbie opens up new pursuits for retired thoroughbreds
While some of the country’s fastest racehorses will attempt to scale The Everest (1200m) on Saturday, a much slower retired thoroughbred from Hong Kong called The Submarine (Acclamation) conquered a mountain of a different kind last week. The four-year-old Irish-bred gelding, beaten a combined 61 and three-quarter lengths in four Hong Kong starts, won the... Read More
The Inferno’s Everest quest spreads some needed feelgood Singapore’s way
Singapore has a big Saturday in store. The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Listed, 1800m) is this weekend’s local highlight, drawing together the best the Lion City can muster, but 4,000 miles along a south-easterly flight path, Kranji’s most exciting galloper of recent times will step out for The Everest (1200m) at Randwick carrying the keen... Read More