Libiamo

Written Tycoon filly Libiamo gave further proof to the strength of her female line in winning the first race at Caulfield last Saturday, an 1100-metre handicap for two-year-old fillies.  Libiamo was a $170,000 purchase at last year’s Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale by her trainer Grahame Begg. She is out of the Casino Prince mare... Read More

See’s Lonhro vision pays off in Japan

Singapore owner and breeder Jayven See compares his hobby of breeding mares to Australian stallions to northern hemisphere time and exporting them to Japan as the reverse business model to that of Arrowfield Stud supremo John Messara. On Tuesday, See and his partners in the Japanese mare venture reaped a big reward when a colt... Read More

Funstar snapped up by Northern Farm for $2.7 million

Group 1-winning mare to head to Japan after extraordinary Inglis Digital auction Funstar (Adelaide) will head to Japan and join her high-class sibling Youngstar (High Chaparral) after the Group 1-winning mare was bought by powerful breeder Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm through Inglis Digital for $2.7 million, a new world record for an online thoroughbred sale... Read More

Libiamo (AUS)

2 f Written Tycoon – Fine Bubbles by Casino Prince O: Neville Begg and Partners B: Sun Bloodstock T: Grahame Begg S: Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale V: Sun Stud P: Grahame Begg Racing, $170,000 W: Neds Handicap (1100m), Caulfield, Saturday, July 10   Written Tycoon (Iglesia) will be crowned champion sire come the imminent... Read More

Vincent Ho wins Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading home-grown jockey

Vincent Ho has crowned a glorious season by claiming his third consecutive Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey, clinching overall honours with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Already the jurisdiction’s leading Group 1 rider in 2020/21 with five successes at elite level – four on Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro)... Read More

Racing NSW snaps up Fudge’s Bong Bong Farm as part of training strategy

State-of-the-art Waratah Thoroughbreds property sold to state’s industry regulator in emotional sale for owners Paul Fudge’s state-of-the-art NSW Southern Highlands equine property Bong Bong Farm, home to his Waratah Thoroughbreds enterprise, has been sold to the governing body of the state’s racing industry. An offer tabled by Racing NSW, one of five parties which made... Read More