Racing in NSW to benefit from another $25 million prize-money injection
Prize-money throughout New South Wales is set to benefit from a $25 million injection, with Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’Landys revealing yesterday the further raft of initiatives being introduced are part of a big-picture approach as racing looks to shore up its future. The enormous windfall is set to benefit every level of racing... Read More
Time to save the world – and horseracing in the process!
I will be so emotive as to suggest that watching Save The Children ads, which focused on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, during Channel 7’s coverage of the races last Saturday was confronting. However, I won’t be so pious as to suggest that it wholly distracted me from the rather frivolous and indulgent (but fun)... Read More
Heys not mean on the Lean Machines
Young trainer Bryce Heys had to wait but was delighted to land a winning bid on a colt by first–season sire Lean Mean Machine (Zoustar) as Book 1 of Classic closed with a bang. The trainer of dual Group 1-placed sprinter Spieth (Thorn Park) paid $380,000 for the last page of the book, Lot 660,... Read More
Last but not least for Koureas’ Showtime colt
Veteran Scone breeder Madeline Koureas was overjoyed that the best was apparently left till last as her Showtime (Snitzel) colt put an emphatic punctuation mark on yesterday’s Classic auction. Koureas’ heart sank several weeks back when she learned the son of Strategic (Zeditave) mare Kiss Me Sophie, by virtue of alphabetic rotation, had drawn the... Read More
Spotted!
A unique Leopard-like offering from Tartan Fields They say there’s something for everyone at the Inglis Classic sale, but you wouldn’t expect to take home a leopard. That’s what happened, after a fashion, to Perth owner Wally Daly as he came away with a most distinctive member of the animal kingdom yesterday in Lot 645. ... Read More
Classic finish to bumper Inglis sale at Riverside as another record is set
Fastnet Rock filly fetches $500,000 to put exclamation mark on 2022 edition which accrues 30 per cent increase in aggregate The curtain last night came down on the Inglis Classic Sale with the company having conducted yet another record yearling sale, after the February auction increased its turnover by nearly two thirds on the same... Read More