Opportunities in abundance at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale
A total of 13 Australian-bred mares set to be represented during the 12 sessions of trade The 2023 yearling sales in the northern hemisphere are in the process of ramping up, presenting unique opportunities for buyers from the southern hemisphere to get their hands on stock with bloodlines which have proved to be successful in... Read More
ATR boost stakes by $3 million
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has confirmed that it will be contributing NZ$3,094,000 into stakes for the season as part of its annual stakes’ contribution, bringing total stakes on offer for the Club’s 2023/24 season to NZ$18,705,000. This figure will result in stakes offered at a NZ$25,000 minimum across all of ATR’s race meetings in the... Read More
13 for Too Darn Hot
Blue Point – In breaking his maiden over five furlongs at Navan on Thursday, the Michael O’Callaghan-trained Francis Meynell (2 c ex Dame Hester by Diktat) handed Darley’s first-season sire Blue Point (Shamardal) his 31st individual first-crop winner. Represented by 79 starters in the northern hemisphere, Blue Point is standing his fourth season at Darley’s... Read More
What about 2040 metres?
Aided by a great ride by Craig Williams, tough-as-teak Mr Brightside (Bullbars) played his part by defying his class rivals in Saturday’s Memsie Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m). Easy to spot after the event, the ratings listed Mr Brightside, I Wish I Win (Savabeel) and Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) each rated at 116. The next... Read More
‘Wonderful positivity’ as NZB releases Ready to Run catalogue
Graduate success and a buoyant domestic industry raises confidence as auction house reveals 383-lot line-up New Zealand Bloodstock yesterday released its catalogue for their Ready to Run Sale carrying the confidence that the auction, already widely regarded as the leading southern hemisphere sale of its kind, is in a position of ever-growing strength. The two-day... Read More
Ongoing quality proves anything but elusive
After a successful Saturday where his son won the Memsie Stakes and his half-brother won the Tramway Stakes, By The Numbers looks at Bullbars and his own influential sire Elusive Quality. When Darley ramped-up its investment in Australia in 2003, standing ten stallions on its newly acquired Hunter Valley property, Kelvinside, topping the roster was... Read More