Plenty to cheer about ahead of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling and Broodmare Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 National Weanling and Broodmare Sale takes place tomorrow, featuring 170 weanlings (after withdrawals). It will be a full day of trade and the weanling numbers alone represent an increase of 60 lots compared with the 2022 sale which turned out to be quite buoyant. Broodmares, which haven’t been part of this... Read More
King Colorado
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace powered to their 11th Group 1 of the season on Saturday when King Colorado (Kingman) – a colt with a scintillating pedigree in more ways than one – took the JJ Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1600m) at Eagle Farm. The all-conquering stable’s surge towards its first national premiership this season... Read More
Snowden eyes stallion potential in Royal Ascot-bound Cannonball
Three-year-old son of Capitalist and Coolangatta continued their preparations for next week’s King’s Stand Stakes with an on-course gallop yesterday In a long and decorated training career, Peter Snowden has built a reputation for cultivating the stud careers of some of Australia’s most precocious equine talent, a feat no more exemplified than when delivering the... Read More
Ace Impact: The three-year-old most likely for Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Every now and then a race screams believe what you see – especially when the visual is backed up by the data. I suspect that last Saturday’s Q22, won by Without A Fight, is such a race. I’m certain that the previous weekend’s Prix du Jockey Club, won by Ace Impact, is an archetypal example. ... Read More
Where does Hitotsu fit?
The announcement this week that three-time Group 1 winner Hitotsu has found a home at stud at Arrowfield prompts a deep dive into the stallion records of winners of recent Australian Classic races. Whether you look at his pedigree, being a son of Japanese hero Maurice (Screen Hero), or his remarkable race record as a... Read More
Asian Racing Federation harbours concerns about Singapore’s rehoming of racehorses
One of the world’s most powerful racing administrators has urged the international racing community to rally around the Singaporean industry to help avoid a horse welfare catastrophe. Hong Kong Jockey Club’s chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, speaking as the chairman of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF), was yesterday dismayed at the impending closure of the Singapore... Read More