Grenville savour ‘proud’ HKIS result with record-breaking Deep Field colt
Tasmanian nursery Grenville Stud celebrated a new milestone last weekend when one of its graduates led the way as the sales topper at the 2022 Hong Kong International Sale at Sha Tin. The two-year-old gelding, by record-breaking sire Deep Field (Northern Meteor) out of former Darley mare Bousquet (More Than Ready), entered the makeshift... Read More
An open letter to Greens leader Adam Bandt
Dear Adam, In the wake of last week’s much ado about nothing in South Australia, I am compelled to write to you. I have, like many Australians, become disillusioned with the two major political parties. Thus, I should be a candidate to vote Greens but I am not and – like a great many Australians... Read More
Breeders show hand with first season sires
Louis Mihalyka believes first season sires are not the breeder safety net that they once were, but the Laurel Oak Bloodstock principal and many of his fellow commercial breeders will be backing the freshman stallions in quality and numbers when the 2022 season gets underway on the first day of spring. Coolmore has dual Group... Read More
Eight Straight
What seemed impossible midway through last century, now seems possible. The number eleven, a historical benchmark for premierships by New Zealand-based sires, might be under threat. Eleven is the number achieved by the great Foxbridge (Foxlaw) and is looking more and more likely to be matched, perhaps even bettered, by Waikato Stud’s own Savabeel (Zabeel).... Read More
Six for Hellbent
New winners Hellbent (pictured above) – Yarraman Park stallion Hellbent (I Am Invincible) sired his fifth and sixth individual first-rop winners this week with Hell I Am (2 g ex Forest Circle by Arch) scoring at Canterbury and Tattenham (2 g ex Sprout by High Chaparral) winning at Cranbourne. The John O’Shea-trained Hell I Am... Read More
Mosheen’s Japanese-bred granddaughter to race in Australia for Price and Kent Jnr
Fastnet Rock mare also produces $4.8 million colt at JRHA Select Sale in Hokkaido Japan became the latest frontier for rising Victorian training duo Mick Price and Mick Kent Jnr in their increasingly global quest to source high-quality racing prospects after they purchased a yearling filly with a strong Australian connection for more than AU$600,000... Read More