Newhaven Park’s John Kelly couldn’t hide his delight – and no small amount of relief – after Xtravagant Star affirmed his faith in the stud’s stallion Xtravagant by taking yesterday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium. Xtravagant, raced by New Zealand’s Te Akau operation, retired to stud at Newhaven in 2017 on the back of two Group... Read More

Tony McEvoy creates history as Seymour Bloodstock-bred and owned two-year-old takes the $2 million feature at Randwick During his racing days, Xtravagant (Pentire) was affectionately nicknamed “sex on hooves” – a reference to his Calvin Klein model looks as well as his excitable pre-race nature – but perhaps the Newhaven Park stallion went some way... Read More

Trainer: Michael Moroney Race: Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m), Caulfield New Hampshire (I Am Invincible) will be out to prove his Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) credentials when he takes on the Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield today.  The Michael Moroney-trained colt has yet to be seen on the racetrack in either... Read More

Everyone told Neil Osborne he was mad when he bought Mane Lodge for $400,000 around 40 years ago. It was the early-80s – a time of big hair, synthesisers and shoulder pads, and some pretty grotesque interest rates as well. For Osborne to make it he’d have to abide with not just stallions and mares... Read More

Big numbers on the ground ahead of Inglis’ opening auction of the yearling sale season at Riverside Inglis is poised to maintain the momentum of a buoyant Australian bloodstock market when the Classic Yearling Sale gets underway tomorrow as a deep buying bench gathers in Sydney for the company’s opening auction of 2022. Speculation was... Read More

In no particular order, here is a guide to some of the hot lots on offer at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, which begins on Sunday. Lot 483: c. Epiphaneia ex Couronne (by Daiwa Major)  On account of Arrowfield Stud One of the most interesting lots at the sale is this well-balanced, mature bay sent... Read More