State Of Rest retired after MRI scan reveals issue
Newgate-owned Cox Plate winner will not return to defend title as dual hemisphere stud duties await Reigning Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) champion State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) will not return to defend his title at Moonee Valley in October and has been retired, after an MRI scan revealed an issue that has scuppered plans to... Read More
27 for Sioux Nation
New winners Sioux Nation – Sioux Spirit (2 f ex Scarlet Pimpernel by Sir Percy) provided Coolmore first-season sire Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) with a 27th individual winner, comfortably getting off the mark at the third time of asking in a five-furlong maiden at Navan. The Ken Condon-trained filly made good headway inside the final... Read More
Breathing different air
Te Akau Racing’s latest star, Imperatriz (I Am Invincible), has some way yet to go to match the exploits of former stablemates Melody Belle (Commands) and Avantage (Fastnet Rock), but on Saturday’s electric performance, when bolting away with the Foxbridge Plate (Gr 2, 1200m), the four-year-old clearly has all the makings of a champion. Her... Read More
Entriviere to be offered on Gavelhouse Plus after injury
Group 1-winning mare Entriviere (Tavistock) has been retired and will be offered to the market via Gavelhouse Plus after a career-ending injury. The Te Akau-owned mare, winner of the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) earlier this year in her native New Zealand, finished sixth on her return this season in the Kerikeri Cup (1100m), but... Read More
‘It felt like a great idea at the time’ – Former Magic Millions owner Ferguson to sell yearlings bought during ‘medical episode’
Mystery buyer Louis Bloodstock made an eyebrow-raising splash at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale in June when the hitherto unknown identity purchased a grand total of 22 yearling fillies for just shy of $1 million, to be named the leading buyer at the season-ending auction on the Gold Coast. However, it now transpires that... Read More
White’s heartfelt emotion is why we work with thoroughbreds
For most, if not all of us, the love of the horse is what essentially drives our interest and involvement in thoroughbred racing and breeding. Right now, I can’t recall anyone who epitomises this more than Vinery Stud’s long-serving bloodstock manager, Adam White, who spoke with such raw, heartfelt emotion over the weekend after news... Read More