Nominations open for Stud And Stable Staff Awards

The Stud And Stable Staff Awards (SSSA), staged by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and Racing Australia and supported by Godolphin, have been launched with nominations now open for the prestigious honours. Now in its seventh year, the SSSA offers recognition and more than $100,000 in prize-money to strappers, stablehands, trackwork riders, breakers, grooms, stud hands, float... Read More

Four Moves Ahead (AUS)

Four Moves Ahead (AUS) 2 f Snitzel – Doulmera by Mr Greeley O: Pinecliff Racing (Mgr: J B Munz) B: G S A Bloodstock Pty Ltd T: John Sargent S: 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Bhima Thoroughbreds P: Passed In $280,000 – Reserve $300,000 W: Schweppes Handicap, 1150m, January 2, Randwick –... Read More

‘Maybe it’s a good omen I’m not there’ 

Radcliffe again preparing to watch from afar as star filly Away Game gears up for Magic Millions Guineas  Circumstances are very different, but Kerri Radcliffe will watch Away Game (Snitzel) in Saturday week’s Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m) from the same spot as when the hardy filly took out last year’s Magic Millions 2YO... Read More

Savvy Nine breaks his Hong Kong maiden in style to deliver Douglas Whyte’s first Group victory as a trainer

A collaboration of champion jockeys – past and present – and brutal discipline paved the way for Savvy Nine (Anodin) to belatedly break his Hong Kong maiden in emphatic style with victory in the January Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1800), leaving Douglas Whyte to celebrate his first Group winner as a trainer. Christophe Soumillon ruthlessly... Read More

Waikato Stud ‘extremely proud’ of ten-strong draft heading to Magic Millions

New Zealand-based operation represented by six-time champion New Zealand sire Savabeel, Ocean Park and Tivaci Waikato Stud will be represented at next week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale by a draft under their name for the first time in over a decade, with stud principal Mark Chittick excited for attendees to see what the... Read More

Six of the best

Here, in no particular order, is a look at a handful of some of most promisingly-bred lots at next week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.  Lot 817 f. Capitalist – Spanish Pipedream (USA)  American trainer Wesley Ward has a reputation for preparing quality mares, often deploying them at Royal Ascot. And Newgate farm has... Read More