Soulmate crowns progressive stint with Happy Valley triumph
Soulmate (Nicconi) capped a season crammed with improvement and success with a dramatic victory in the Class 2 Bellflower Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley last night to justify Ricky Yiu’s faith in the talented Kiwi import. Winless in 2020/21, Soulmate has strung together four wins this term – two at Happy Valley and two at... Read More
Novara Park’s Sweynesse could prove next Lucky stallion in Hong Kong
Novara Park stallion Sweynesse (Lonhro) is quickly making an impression in Hong Kong thanks to his son Lucky Sweynesse (3 g ex Madonna Mia by Red Clubs), who took his record to four wins from five starts at Sha Tin on Sunday with his first win in Class 2 company. Sweynesse, the former Godolphin representative... Read More
New Champions Day headlines prize-money increases in Victoria
Total stakes on offer to surpass $300 million for first time, while new Vobis Sire scheme is introduced Racing Victoria has made its latest move to future-proof the Spring Carnival with a series of prize-money increases and the creation of a VRC Champions Day with prize-money totalling $10 million, which will take place on the... Read More
NZTR announce stakes increases and new investment for racing
The New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Board yesterday announced an exciting and innovative growth plan which will see more than $7 million prize-money increase with a strategic injection of stakes across 20 of New Zealand’s best performing racedays. NZTR chairman Cameron George said the board’s aim was to provide opportunities to increase revenue and deliver bigger... Read More
Shake-up for Queensland wagering taxation
POC tax increased to Australia-high 20 per cent to help fund state’s racing industry The Queensland government has undertaken the biggest shake-up of wagering taxation in decades, axing the myriad of separate agreements it had in place, and instead simplifying the racing industry’s major revenue stream by making betting companies all pay the same rate... Read More
Don’t forget Mother
All thoroughbreds have a mother and one in particular, Mrs Moss (Reform), continues to influence the bloodstock breeding world. Described by Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford, of Bloomsbury Stud, as a “life changer”, Mrs Moss found her way into the Tavistock-Woburn Abbey empire for the princely sum of 2100 guineas in 1975 as a broodmare carrying... Read More