Legendary Australian rider Damien Oliver has announced his retirement from race-riding at the age of 51, with his final ride set to be in his home state, Western Australia in December. The champion jockey is one of just eight jockeys to have won the ‘big four’ of Australian racing, landing a trio of Melbourne Cups... Read More

Bowditch predicts Singapore closure will present new opportunities for domestic buyers Barry Bowditch believes the catalogue he and the team at Magic Millions has collated for October’s Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale far exceeds the quality the company has presented at the auction in recent years.  The auction house yesterday released a... Read More

With the Strawberry Hill Stud Dispersal in the spotlight, we reflect on the last sale of such magnitude in Australia, the Shadwell dispersal of 2021, and where the graduates have ended up. There have been few more power-packed sessions at Magic Millions’ Bundall sales complex than when the 37-lot Shadwell dispersal went through the ring... Read More

$16 million traded as curtain comes down on five decades of breeding brilliance It was the end of an era spanning 50 years: Yesterday’s setting for the dispersal of Strawberry Hill Stud couldn’t have been better, the afternoon auction at John Singleton’s lavish property was also a tribute to the larrikin owner’s contribution to Australia’s... Read More

New winners Blue Point – Darley’s shuttle stallion Blue Point (Shamardal) saw his tally of individual winners rise to 29 last week as he sired a quartet of scorers on the track. Elmonjed (2 g ex Naafer by Oasis Dream) produced a promising winning debut in a six-furlong maiden at Lingfield. The third foal out... Read More

A 50 per cent boost to the stake for the Foxbridge Plate (Gr 2, 1200m) on Saturday brought together a fine field and resulted in a most competitive race. The Waikato Racing Club had to be pleased, setting the scene for an interesting spring. The field was not only a quality one, it was also... Read More