With three premierships, countless big-race triumphs, more than $30 million in prize-money and Hong Kong beckoning, Jamie Richards has come a long way since taking out his training licence in 2015 – but it was a nod to his southern roots that played a big part in landing Saturday’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m)... Read More

Fame Star (Twirling Candy) bounced back to his best after more than two years away from the winner’s enclosure when he repelled the challenge of Rocket Star (Star Witness) to land the feature Class 1 handicap over 1200 metres at Kranji yesterday. The last of Fame Star’s eight wins came in a Kranji Stakes A... Read More

When in 2015 US breeding operation Spendthrift Farm decided to go the whole hog on their Australian journey, purchasing Yallambee Stud in Victoria, their remit – in addition to hosting the US shuttle stallions – like any successful commercial stud farm would have been to breed big-race winners, buy big-race winners and create stallions to... Read More

Newgate Farm will field up to six runners sired by their stud residents in today’s Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill The revolutionary rise of Newgate Farm is poised for another leap forward today with the burgeoning Hunter Valley stud holding a powerful hand in the nation’s greatest stallion-maker race, the Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1,... Read More

Trainer: Roger James and Robert Wellwood Race: New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) Today’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) is the feature race across the Tasman, with 14 fillies hoping to etch their names among the best females New Zealand has had to offer. Although the race offers up a $400,000 prize-money carrot, the... Read More

Many commercial breeders are cashed up after continued record yearling sales and the majority of pinhookers have been so far well-rewarded in the rising market in 2022. With that in mind, how many breeders will choose to hold onto more of their foals for the yearling sales who normally would take drafts to the Magic... Read More