Yulong flex muscles again on Inglis Digital
Queensland Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m)-winning mare Winning Ways (Declaration Of War) became the third-most expensive horse to sell online in Australia this year after she was purchased for $700,000 by the Lucky Vega Syndicate as the Inglis Digital August (Late) Sale came to a close yesterday. Offered by Ridgmont Farm (as agent), the seven-year-old is... Read More
Showmanship
Showcasing, the son of Oasis Dream who won York’s Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes, shuttled for seven seasons to Karaka’s Haunui Farm, where he stood for between $7,500 and $12,000. Right now, he commands the fifth-highest advertised service fee in Great Britain, standing at Whitsbury Manor Stud in Hampshire for £45,000, or around $85,000 in today’s... Read More
Freedmans’ colt talent set to be unleashed
Father-and-son training partnership looking to James Harron quintet as well as Daumier and Doull to provide spring ammunition No trainer would begrudge having in their care $5.85 million worth of six potently-bred colts, but as the spring riches ramp into gear, over the next ten weeks potential stallion careers will either be made or dissipated,... Read More
Aladdin and Glory catching eyes of Hong Kong buyers
Trying to determine the next big thing in Hong Kong bloodstock can be a crucial asset as owners search the world over for their next import into the city. While Hong Kong owners may generally be pretty unenlightened about breeding, they know a successful trend when they see one and – for instance – a... Read More
Baker hopes for some movie magic from trial winners
Promising filly Wingardium to target Flight Stakes while the well-related Hollywood Hero continues progression Bjorn Baker has enjoyed going to the movies. In 2016 it cost him $200,000 when he perused the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale catalogue, before coming away with a subsequent Listed winner in Goodfella (Snitzel), a colt out of the... Read More
Northern hemisphere three-year-olds to claim Cup and Eagle?
It looms as a trend but is more likely a tidal wave which is why last week’s Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Deauville Legend has been generally installed as Melbourne Cup favourite. Such is the contemporary record of northern hemisphere-bred and trained three-year-olds in the great race. Not only have we seen Rekindling and Cross Counter... Read More