Another top lot for Boherguy Stud as brother to New Treasure brings £190,000
A big week for Clare Manning’s Boherguy Stud continued on Tuesday, when Robson Aguiar went to £190,000 (approx AUD$339,250) for the New Approach (Galileo) colt out of Maoineach (Congaree) during the early stages of the second and final session of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale. Less than 24 hours earlier, Boherguy Stud broke the... Read More
Competitive trade fuels solid market at Keeneland
Karakontie colt takes top honours on Tuesday Going into this year’s yearling sales season, trainer Mark Casse changed his approach to his buying pattern. Rather than buying the elite, pricey horses with the best sire power, best female families, and flawless veterinary reports, he and primary client John Oxley decided to take it back a... Read More
Tributes flow for Bob Ingham
Racing industry luminaries have paid tribute to thoroughbred racing and breeding giant Bob Ingham, who along with his late brother Jack created the Woodlands empire, after he died on Tuesday, aged 88. Best-known for the on-track feats with turf greats such as Octagonal (Zabeel) and his champion son Lonhro, Ingham and his brother Jack were... Read More
Moodie brings his Contract Racing team back in-house under Ellerton and Zahra
Brazen Beau colt lands Darley Spring Preview in first payoff of remodelled business Twelve months ago David Moodie, one of Australia’s most successful owner-breeders for at least three decades, was assessing his new season crop of about 30 yearlings when he determined to return to the formula which had been so successful in the 1990s... Read More
Kinane sets September Sale record with showstopping buy for Hong Kong Jockey Club
Kinane sets September Sale record with showstopping buy for Hong Kong Jockey Club A brother to unbeaten Acomb Stakes (Gr 3, 7f) winner Gear Up set a Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale record on Monday, when the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Mick Kinane went to £325,000 (approx. AUD$576,500) for the son of Teofilo (Galileo), who... Read More
The incomparable George Moore
The incomparable George Moore George Thomas Donald Moore OBE (1923 – 2008): In Australia, Moore is credited with a record 119 Group 1 winners. He was champion jockey in Sydney ten times. Neither bettered. In Hong Kong, he was champion trainer 11 times – a tally only matched by John Size. ... Read More