‘It is the premier sale in Australia when it comes to its graduates’
Magic Millions is banking on the auction house’s continued evolution and investment in its rich race series and the company’s impressive graduate success as it rolls out the red carpet to Australasia’s breeders ahead of the 2024 sales season. Barry Bowditch, the business’ managing director, is confident Magic Millions can attract a significant number of... Read More
Lillie’s promising filly Dubenenko to do the talking in Oaklands Plate
After talented two-year-old Dubenenko won in Adelaide in February, the filly’s owner Tim Lillie became the unwanted centre of attention. However, tomorrow, the Adelaide businessman hopes the Chris Bieg-trained daughter of Russian Revolution (Snitzel), an impressive first-up winner at Murray Bridge earlier this month, will be the one people are talking about after the Oaklands... Read More
Houldsworth and Aristia Park’s Guscic snap up daughter of Nathaniel
Late on Tuesday evening, Matt Houldsworth of Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock teamed up with John Guscic of Aristia Park Bloodstock to purchase Summerfields, an unraced filly by Nathaniel (Galileo), for 65,000gns (approx. AU$130,706) during the first session of the Tattersalls July Sale. Catalogued as Lot 254 and offered as part of the Godolphin draft, the... Read More
Zac Purton, Francis Lui crowned Valley Kings after Happy Valley finale
Zac Purton and Francis Lui have been acclaimed Hong Kong racing’s ‘Kings of The Valley’ after the pair clinched the jockey and trainer mantles for the most wins at Happy Valley this season with multiples last night. Entering the meeting locked on 49 wins with Vincent Ho – who had led for much of the... Read More
Another Award set for Written Tycoon date after Yulong go to $1.2 million
South Australia’s two-time Group 1-placed five-year-old to be immediately retired having topped Inglis Digital sale Death, taxes … and Yulong. And so it proved again yesterday when Zhang Yuesheng, the billionaire with an unquenching thirst for bloodstock and racing, paid $1.2 million for sought after mare Another Award (Shamus Award) through the Inglis Digital July... Read More
Singapore championship leader Jason Lim handed 18-month ban
The training career of Jason Lim in Singapore looks to be over after he was yesterday handed an 18-month ban following a positive test for a banned substance on one of his horses after it won at Kranji in January. Lim, who has been training since April 2019 and leads the trainers’ standings in Singapore,... Read More