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

In a symbolic confluence of generations, Douglas Whyte and Jerry Chau shared the Happy Valley spotlight with milestone trebles yesterday night as both master and apprentice shone. Chau’s inexorable advance towards the upper echelon of the Hong Kong racing fraternity continued apace when Whyte’s protege reached the jurisdiction’s 45-win milestone, marking the end of his... Read More

Making racehorses is all about the mother, a lot of people say. It’s just that sometimes you’ve got to look through the dam to see the quality. Or perhaps straight over her, as you could in this case.  Private Eye took another major step in what’s becoming a very promising career by winning Saturday’s Queensland... Read More