Great Southern and Melbourne Gold sales to go ahead as scheduled
Victorian Premier’s Covid clamp down will not stop Inglis’ live auction plans at Oaklands Junction Inglis remains committed to conducting live Great Southern and Melbourne Gold yearling sales in Victoria next month despite the state government being forced into reneging on a planned relaxation of coronavirus regulations after a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in... Read More
Group winner Bellevue Hill to stand in Hunter at Aquis
Aquis Farm will launch the stud career of Group 3-winning juvenile Bellevue Hill this year with the lightly–raced sprinter to stand in the Hunter Valley alongside another son of Pierro (Lonhro), the All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Pierata. The former Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Bellevue Hill, who was victorious in the 2019... Read More
Oleksandra caps stellar Saturday for Australia, New Zealand
The Team Valor mare becomes the first Australian-bred horse to win an American Grade 1 since the pattern was introduced in 1974 The Australian flag proudly flew over New York yesterday Australian time, when Oleksandra (Animal Kingdom) won the Jaipur Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) on the Belmont Stakes undercard, the first Australian-bred horse to win... Read More
Premier victory for Yiu’s Banner while Yeung Dances to Group 3 glory
Premier victory for Yiu’s Banner while Yeung Dances to Group 3 glory Jolly Banner (Lonhro) showed plenty of vim for a veteran as he battled past younger rivals to win the Premier Cup (Gr 3, 1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday. “Amazing – he’s an amazing horse,” trainer Ricky Yiu said after the eight-year-old maintained his... Read More
Royal Ascot Wrap
First for Sea The Moon Lanwades Stud’s Sea The Moon (Sea The Stars) recorded his first Group 1 winner as a sire when Alpine Star (3 f ex Alpha Lupi by Rahy) took out the Coronation Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) yesterday. Sea The Moon stood for £15,000 in 2020. Second for Kingman Juddmonte stallion... Read More
Youmzain lands Diamond Jubilee for Cambridge Stud
Southern hemisphere-trained horses might not have been able to make the trip to Royal Ascot this year, but New Zealand was still well-represented in the winner’s enclosure at the royal meeting as Hello Youmzain (Kodiac), carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud, took out the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) yesterday. Hello Youmzain led the... Read More