Southern NSW breeders get chance to showcase Magic Millions yearlings to buyers
On-farm inspections becoming increasingly popular with trainers and bloodstock agents On-farm yearling sale inspections across Australia and New Zealand is nothing new, but bloodstock agents and trainers are placing increasing importance on the exercise as they attempt to lessen their respective workloads in the lead-up to the 2021 series of auctions. Earlier this week, an... Read More
Acrobat (AUS)
Acrobat (AUS) 2 c Fastnet Rock – Hips Don’t Lie by Stravinsky O: Coolmore, Cobra, D L O’Byrne, M J Kirwan, J A R Bester, Dr B Bester, R McClure & Mrs B M McClure B: Katom T: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace S: 2020 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Coolmore Stud P: Passed... Read More
Zac Purton makes an ominous championship statement at Happy Valley with a Wednesday four-timer
A Zac Purton quartet at Happy Valley yesterday has breathed fresh life into the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship after the Australian made significant inroads into his championship rival Joao Moreira’s lead. Chasing a fifth championship, Purton trailed Moreira by 21 wins on December 9, but has now reduced the deficit to 14. Fuelling hopes of... Read More
Significance
“It’s called line-breeding when it works, and in-breeding when it doesn’t,” is the old line, the sardonic joke that salves some of the wounds from the capricious lottery of making horses. Fine lines indeed. They’re being put under the microscope again, and in this instance starting to bear results, with a horse named Significance –... Read More
Classy I Am Invincible filly comes up trumps en route to the Magic Millions
Two-year-old scores comprehensive win at Wyong to ensure trip to the Gold Coast She’s All Class (I Am Invincible) is fighting out pre-post favouritism for next month’s $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) after a brilliant performance at Wyong yesterday surged her to the top of betting markets. The Chris Waller-trained juvenile filly,... Read More
$500,000 bonus attached to first crop of Russian Revolution
Newgate Farm and Russian Revolution syndicate to pay windfall if Magic Millions or Inglis-bought youngsters land 2YO Classic or Millennium in 2022 Buyers of yearlings by exciting first crop stallion Russian Revolution (Snitzel) will have the opportunity to land a $500,000 windfall when his stock hits the track after Newgate Farm yesterday announced their first... Read More