Hello Youmzain youngsters star at Arqana
The Arqana buying bench took a healthy shine to the progeny of Cambridge Stud’s young shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain (Kodiac) at the August Yearling Sale at Deauville. The two-time Group 1 winner’s youngsters were keenly sought after with 20 through the ring and 19 sold for €2,447,000 (approx. NZ$4.5 million) at an average of €128,789... Read More
From Arqana August to Australia
Recent history tells us that the action at this week’s yearling sales in France are likely to have a bearing on Australia’s best races in the coming years. They have been selling yearlings at Deauville in August since 1887. But in that long history no sale has reached the heights of the 2023 Arqana August... Read More
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