McDonald to resist going out On A Limb

Clinton McDonald will likely race his up-and-coming filly Flying On A Limb (Flying Artie) in Saturday’s 1100-metre three-year-old handicap at Caulfield, rather than the Sir John Monash Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m), for which the daughter of Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) has also been given an entry.  Flying On A Limb, a $155,000 Inglis Premier buy... Read More

Auguste Rodin completes Derby double in landmark win for O’Brien

  Auguste Rodin (Deep Impact) joined a host of equine greats when he followed up his Epsom heroics with a victory in yesterday’s Irish Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) at the Curragh. Sent off the red-hot 4-11 favourite to become the 19th horse to complete the Derby double, Auguste Rodin came home a length and... Read More

Inglis makes pitch to breeders as entries open for its 2024 sales

‘We feel like we deliver lucrative markets to people,’ says auction house’s Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch Inglis has officially called for entries for its 2024 yearling sale series, publicly pitching to Australasia’s breeders to be given the chance to sell a portion or all of their foal crop at a live auction in Sydney... Read More

The 2023 Queensland carnival in review

With the feature race action wrapped up for the season in the Sunshine State, we look at the most successful horses, sires, jockeys, trainers and vendors from the 2023 Queensland winter carnival. Bought locally, trained locally. That would be the very simple message from an analysis of the 60 stakes races run since April 15... Read More

Sword Point claims Hong Kong Reunification Cup for Lor and Purton

Sword Point (American Pharoah) crowned an impressive Hong Kong debut season with an emphatic victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (2000m) at Sha Tin yesterday, shunting Zac Purton closer to eclipsing Joao Moreira’s record for the most wins in a single campaign. Contesting his tenth race this season, the Frankie Lor-trained... Read More

Knight’s Choice shows Extreme talent to score in Winx Guineas

Symons and Laxon wind back the clock to claim first stakes win in 14 years at the Sunshine Coast Knight’s Choice unleashed a sumptuous turn of foot, one worthy of the great mare honoured in the race title, as the son of Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) continued his rousing progression to land an... Read More