First-season sires enjoy successful day at the trials
There was plenty of juvenile trial action across New South Wales on Friday, with five heats for two-year-olds conducted at Warwick Farm, while there were also six at Newcastle. A pair of trials at Warwick Farm were taken out by unraced fillies by Coolmore’s first–season sire Yes Yes Yes (Rubick). Kicking off the double was... Read More
Seascape (AUS)
2 f I Am Invincible – Adrift by Zabeel O: Fairway Thoroughbreds (J Camilleri) B: Fairway Thoroughbreds T: Michael Freedman W: EVE Electrical Handicap, 1100m, April 10, Gosford The Michael Freedman-trained filly Seascape (I Am Invincible) produced an impressive display to score on her debut at Gosford on Wednesday. Jumping from barrier 11 under Tom... Read More
‘I think the expectations out there are a bit greater than what’s really happening at the moment’
Long-time Australian owner and breeder Max Whitby says he’s never seen anything like what he witnessed at the Inglis Easter sale this week – and he’s not referring to the $10 million daughter of Winx (Street Cry). Whitby sold three yearlings through the North draft at the Easter sale: a $350,000 Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon)... Read More
Newmarket winner Cylinder motors off to Darley’s Northwood Park
Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m)–winning sprinter Cylinder (Exceed And Excel), a high-class two-year-old who won two key Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) lead-ups and was runner-up in the feature, will stand at Darley’s Victoria operation in 2024. The decision to retire the three-year-old colt comes after last month’s career-defining Newmarket performance in defeating champion mare... Read More
Imperatriz retired
Auction house competition heats up to sell Imperatriz Inglis, Magic Millions and New Zealand Bloodstock will be asked to pitch for the right to sell ten-time Group 1-winning mare Imperatriz (I Am Invincible), the highest prize-money earning breeding prospect to be ever sold at public auction in Australasia. Te Akau on Thursday made the shock... Read More
Zac Purton reaches 1,700 Hong Kong wins milestone
Zac Purton’s relentless pursuit of Douglas Whyte’s Hong Kong record of 1,813 wins annexed another important milestone at Happy Valley on Wednesday night when the rider slotted a treble to become only the second jockey to ride 1,700 winners or more in Hong Kong. Chasing a seventh Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Purton extended a gaping... Read More