Racing NSW snaps up Fudge’s Bong Bong Farm as part of training strategy
State-of-the-art Waratah Thoroughbreds property sold to state’s industry regulator in emotional sale for owners Paul Fudge’s state-of-the-art NSW Southern Highlands equine property Bong Bong Farm, home to his Waratah Thoroughbreds enterprise, has been sold to the governing body of the state’s racing industry. An offer tabled by Racing NSW, one of five parties which made... Read More
The best first season sire crop ever?
Freshman-sired winners of the Golden Slipper, Champagne Stakes, Blue Diamond and lucrative sales races suggest this may be the most successful class of maiden stallions Just how good is the current crop of first season stallions, a group responsible for a Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), Blue Diamond (Gr 1, 1200m) and Champagne Stakes (Gr... Read More
Serious business as Hong Kong champion Fownes looks ahead
Caspar Fownes will arrive at Happy Valley for the final meeting of the Hong Kong season today as the city’s freshly-crowned champion trainer, knowing that his triumph owes as much to his wife Alix’s ambition for him as it does to his own merits as a horseman. “My wife is the reason I’m successful,” Fownes... Read More
New dawn for Rowsthorns and Morningside after parting with stallion operation
End of an era at Woodside but family pledges to continue commercial breeding operation The Rowsthorn name will not be lost to the Australian thoroughbred industry – far from it. That’s the message from Will Rowsthorn, the third generation breeder, after his family sold off Woodside Park Stud, the business founded by his grandfather Peter... Read More
Beauty’s award has origins in a century-old generation
The Hong Kong Jockey Club champion awards judging panel has decided to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) in recognition of his great contribution to Hong Kong racing. If ever such an award was warranted, this one was self-evident. Twice Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year, Beauty Generation was crowned... Read More
Four for American Pharoah
New first season sire winners American Pharoah (pictured) American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) had his fourth individual winner in Australia as a sire when Asteroidea (2 f ex Starfish by Redoute’s Choice) took the McDonalds Gippsland Maiden (1100m) at Sale on Friday. The Michael Moroney-trained filly returned the $2 favourite for her debut under Patrick... Read More