Ace colts step out at Rosehill barrier trials with Group 1 ambitions
Coolmore, Golden Rose and Caulfield Guineas on agenda for partnership’s three-year-olds The Newgate Farm-China Horse Club colts syndicate has a strong hand heading into the new racing season, and yesterday the powerful partnership provided a glimpse of the cards they have to play this spring. With ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) and Champagne... Read More
‘You would be hard pressed to find a top trainer in Australia who hasn’t trained a good graduate’
Sale success to hold Inglis Ready2Race offering in good stead Inglis last night released its catalogue for the 2023 Ready2Race Sale as the company, and its competitors in the two-year-old breeze-up space, head into uncharted territory, the likely absence of Singapore racing’s owners and trainers. The auction house’s Sebastian Hutch hopes that the loss of... Read More
Another big season in store for the Kiwis in Australia?
Can Kiwi-breds follow a stellar 2022-23 season in Australia? Already the Rowley Mile (Listed, 1600m), the Regal Roller Stakes (Listed, 1200m) and a comprehensive win by Mr Brightside (Bullbars) in Saturday’s PB Lawrence Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) suggests a more-than-promising start to the new season. I was always hoping for a filly That was the... Read More
Stallion Watch
New winners Calyx – Coolmore Stud-based barnmate Calyx (Kingman) chalked up a new winner on Friday, taking his total first-season winning tally to 11 courtesy of Unreal Connection’s (2 f ex Susan Stroman by Monsun) debut win over seven furlongs at Epsom. Unreal Connection is out of the dual-winning Monsun (Königsstuhl) mare Susan Stroman, a... Read More
Coolmore splash €3 million on back-to-back lots at Arqana
The bloodstock world has seldom looked smaller than it did during the third session of the Arqana August Sale in Deauville on Sunday, when Coolmore’s MV Magnier struck a gasp-inducing bid of €2,200,000 (approx. AU$3,746,00). His target was a colt by French champion sire Siyouni (Pivotal) who was bred by the China Horse Club out... Read More
Allams and Slade score successful cross-Tasman raid for speed filly
Te Akau’s stakes-winning Sky On Fire to return to Australia after Gavelhouse sale Father and son Steve and Daniel Allam last night added to the depth of their boutique Australian broodmare band, venturing to New Zealand to acquire precocious stakes-winning two-year-old Sky On Fire (Exceed And Excel) for NZ$297,500. Sold by Te Akau Racing through... Read More