The outcome of last weekend’s Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) at Morphettville was one for the battlers, with popular country Victorian trainer Chris Calthorpe winning the feature with a game $5,000 filly called Media Award (Shamus Award).  And tomorrow the winning trend of the lesser lights could continue in the South Australian Derby (Gr 1,... Read More

In Her Time also makes $2.2 million in stunning three hours of high-end mare trade Coolmore has continued its extraordinary spending spree with a view of mirroring a strategy employed to support unbeaten US Triple Crown champion Justify (Scat Daddy) on another high-profile shuttler, European star sire Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj). Tom Magnier, the principal of... Read More

Maotai (AUS) 2 c Not A Single Doubt – Fascination Street by Elusive City O: Fung Family Racing, Mermen, Mr S J Lines, Mr B K Cook, Mr I B Brown, Mr S F Penberthy, Mr D Nedanovski, Mr R J Parker, Mr R K Cook B: Milburn Creek Stud T: Kacy Fogden S: Magic... Read More

Eureka Stud’s Harry McAlpine can’t wait to see what the next two-year-old crop of champion Queensland sire Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo) can achieve, as his best-bred runners hit the track later this year.  The Queensland stud has consolidated the service fee of Spirit Of Boom, who is set to cover his eighth book of mares... Read More

For Sledmere Stud’s Catriona Murphy the sales journey with Causeway Girl (Shamus Award) is about to go full circle. It all started back in 2017 when Murphy prepared the striking black daughter of Shamus Award (Snitzel) on behalf of her mother, Jennifer MacKay (who bred her), for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale. There she was... Read More

Colt by Newgate Farm’s leading first season sire tops Inglis Weanling Sale at $400,000 The progeny of Australia’s leading first season sire Capitalist (Written Tycoon) and the first foals by unbeaten US Triple Crown champion Justify (Scat Daddy) have dominated the top of a rising Inglis Australian Weanling Sale market, the first of the 2021... Read More