Amelia’s Jewel set to sparkle in Ascot’s Northerly Stakes
Owner Walsh hopes in-form filly will land inaugural Group 1 for him Trainer Simon Miller and owner-breeder Peter Walsh are optimistic boom filly Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni) can bring their breakthrough Group 1, provide a first in the southern hemisphere for French sire Siyouni (Pivotal), and confirm herself one of Western Australia’s hottest prospects of modern... Read More
Chadwick primed for IJC with Happy Valley treble as Richards lands a double
Preparing for the International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) next week, Matthew Chadwick snared riding honours with a treble at Happy Valley last night as Rewarding Together (Pierro) smashed the 1200-metre course record. Chadwick’s three-timer could scarcely have been timelier ahead of the IJC on December 7, when Ryan Moore, Hollie Doyle, Jamie Kah, Zac Purton, James... Read More
High-priced colt Bruckner retired, stud future up in the air
Injury curtails Group 1-placed son of Snitzel after long recuperation from surgery Stakes-winning, Group 1-placed sprinter Bruckner, a sale-topping son of champion sire Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), has been retired but where the four-year-old stands at stud remains undecided. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained entire, runner-up to elite sprinter Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) in... Read More
Little Brose
As those bits of inspiration on Facebook say, the fact any of us is alive – amid the randomness of the universe – is a miracle. And it’s the same for horse as for human. The odds of breeding a stakes winner are also rather large, but for Little Brose to have become the burgeoning... Read More
Alcohol Free to join Waterhouse/Bott stable after record sale
Alcohol Free (No Nay Never) will be trained in Australia by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott after her dramatic 5.4 million guineas (approx. AU$10.1 million) purchase for BBA Ireland and a Yulong Investments-led partnership at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on Tuesday evening. She will become the most expensive horse sold at auction to race... Read More
BBA Ireland outgun Coolmore for Alcohol Free
Four-time Group 1-winning mare Alcohol Free (No Nay Never) stole the headlines at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale yesterday when selling for 5.4 million guineas (approx. AU$9,658,170) the second-most expensive thoroughbred ever sold at auction in Europe. The winning bid was landed by BBA’s Michael Donohue, sitting next to Mr Yuesheng Zhang, with Alcohol Free... Read More