Biscayne Bay (AUS)
Biscayne Bay (Aus) 2 f Sebring – Fratianne by Lonhro O: Sun Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Mgr: Ms M C Cheng) B: Widden Stud T: Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes S: 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Widden Stud P: Sun Bloodstock, $410,000 W: Two-Year-Old Fillies Handicap, 1300m, March 24, Sandown-Lakeside The Lindsay Park-trained... Read More
Diamond prepares for Golden Slipper tilt with an arsenal of six
G1G Racing and Breeding gang tackles $3.5 million two-year-old race with help of Harron and Field Gary Diamond has shares in six horses who will line up in tomorrow’s second coming of the 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at a rain-sodden Rosehill, but the Gold Coast-based owner can’t take any credit for his... Read More
Champion mare Melody Belle to go under the hammer at Magic Millions
The $4.2 million price tag achieved for Sunlight (Zoustar) at last year’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale was a compelling factor in connections’ decision to sell champion New Zealander Melody Belle (Commands) on the Gold Coast in May, Barry Bowditch says. Fortuna Thoroughbreds’ John Galvin announced yesterday that the grand Jamie Richards-trained rising seven-year-old mare... Read More
Doncaster winner Nettoyer added to Chairman’s Sale as catalogue confirmed
Inglis releases select 60-lot offering of elite breeding stock for one of industry’s night of nights The Inglis Chairman’s Sale, described by Sebastian Hutch as one of the year’s premier bloodstock events on the Australasian bloodstock calendar, will feature a select 60-lot offering of high-end race fillies and broodmares in Sydney on May 7. The... Read More
Robinson steps up as Magic Millions bloodstock manager
Respected Magic Millions bloodstock manager Clint Donovan will step back from the thoroughbred auction house on a full-time basis after taking up a business opportunity on the Gold Coast, leaving the company’s NSW representative Dane Robinson to step in as his replacement. Donovan will remain as a Magic Millions senior consultant and auctioneer, but he... Read More
Shadwell founder and Melbourne Cup-winning owner Hamdan Al Maktoum dies
Hamdan Al Maktoum, dual Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winning owner and one of the most prominent and influential figures in international horseracing for more than four decades, has died. He was 75. The older brother of Sheikh Mohammed, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum helped to change the face of the sport across the... Read More