‘If we lose it, we lose it, but at least we won’t lose any people or stock, that’s the main thing’
Fire threatens Western Australia studs as Perth yearling sale looms Western Australian stud farm owners have spent the dead of night moving horses to safety and used daylight hours to protect their properties as out-of-control bushfires wreak havoc near Perth, just two weeks out from the state’s major yearling sale. Mogumber Park at Bullsbrook, one... Read More
Six of the best
This week we take a look at six of the more intriguing lots up for offer at next week’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. Lot 103 SNITZEL – LET’S MAKE ADEAL by Red Ransom Arrowfield offers this filly brimming with tantalising nicks and boasting former champion stayer Let’s Elope (Nassipour) as her third dam. Let’s Make... Read More
Alex Wiltshire appointed editor of ANZ, Jo McKinnon joins reporting team
ANZ Bloodstock News is delighted to announce Alex Wiltshire as the new editor of the publication, assuming the role with immediate effect, while esteemed racing personality Jo McKinnon will be joining as a journalist ahead of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. Wiltshire, 28, has proved an integral member of the ANZ Bloodstock News team since... Read More
Keys hoping to unlock Star Witness filly’s promise in Prelude
Winsum’s half-sister Caliper earns debut in Blue Diamond lead-up at Caulfield on Saturday Ken Keys, the Cranbourne trainer who continues to skirt around the edges of a yearling sale in his quest to unearth his stable’s next good horse, will have a throw at the stumps with an unraced Star Witness (Starcraft) filly in the... Read More
Four for Capitalist
New first season sire winners Capitalist Mozzarella (2 f ex Parmalove by Snitzel) provided Newgate Farm’s Capitalist (Written Tycoon) with his fourth individual winner when she took out an 800-metre two-year-old contest at Riccarton Park on Saturday. Trained by Nick Wigley and Kayla Milnes, Mozzarella was having her third start after two previous unplaced runs... Read More
Bargain hunter Mok cleans up with Simon Fubuki
Popular owner Mok Shing Fung has a real bargain buy on his hands in his Australian import Simon Fubuki (Medaglia d’Oro), who simply destroyed a good quality Class 2 field on the all-weather surface with a seven-length victory on Saturday. Prepared by Rambo Tse and ridden by Peter Lao, Simon Fubuki traveled handy in the... Read More