Tamblyn’s gamblin’ looks set to pay off with investment in Profiteer’s sister
North Queensland bookie, punter and engineer Dalan Tamblyn is hoping an educated gamble made in January to buy into a yearling sister to a colt by then first season sire Capitalist (Written Tycoon) who had caught his eye at Flemington can make her own impression on the racetrack. The colt in question was the Mick... Read More
Time is money, Kiwi time is more money
Time can often be a thoroughbred’s best friend. The riches available for two-year-olds, especially in Australia, can be very tempting but many New Zealand–bred horses are simply not ready at that age. A long program of importing staying lines from England and Ireland, dating back sixty or more years, has meant that the blood that... Read More
25 for Caravaggio
New winners Caravaggio (pictured) – One-season Coolmore shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) picked up his 25th individual winner of his first northern hemisphere crop when Tiber Flow (2 c ex Malabar by Raven’s Pass) secured a promising victory on debut at Newcastle on Friday evening. The William Haggas-trained juvenile won by a length under Tom Marquand... Read More
On welfare, racing needs to achieve where it has been unsuccessful before – with a national, co-ordinated approach
The much anticipated thoroughbred welfare report released last week by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Welfare Working Group (TAWWG) was outstanding. Appropriately entitled “The Most Important Participant’, the 46 well-thought-out recommendations within it were absolutely spot on. A number of the report’s concluding statements came as no surprise to many, with welfare challenges facing the industry labelled... Read More
Zac Purton breaks Douglas Whyte’s prize-money record ahead of IJC defence
Zac Purton has overtaken Douglas Whyte’s all-time Hong Kong prize-money record by posting a double at Sha Tin yesterday shaping as the perfect prelude to his title defence of the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Trailing 13-time champion jockey Whyte’s record haul of HK$1,587,210,086 – accumulated from 1,813 wins – Purton... Read More
Australian Bloodstock makes mark at Arqana with mare in foal to Protectionist
Strong Australasian presence at Deauville sale with a number of players active in opening session Jamie Lovett and Luke Murrell’s business might be called Australian Bloodstock, but the name could be deemed rather deceiving as the pair takes a significant global focus and that was evident on day one of the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale... Read More