State-of-the-art spelling and pre-training facility Archer Park on the market
Sale of Queensland property results in dissolution of five-party farm investors but racing syndicate will continue A change in direction by three business partners behind state-of-the-art Queensland spelling and pre-training facility Archer Park has forced the Sunshine Coast hinterland property to be put on the market. Archer Park managing director Chris Wessel, one of five... Read More
‘Racehorse to Ranch’ champ Subbie opens up new pursuits for retired thoroughbreds
While some of the country’s fastest racehorses will attempt to scale The Everest (1200m) on Saturday, a much slower retired thoroughbred from Hong Kong called The Submarine (Acclamation) conquered a mountain of a different kind last week. The four-year-old Irish-bred gelding, beaten a combined 61 and three-quarter lengths in four Hong Kong starts, won the... Read More
The Inferno’s Everest quest spreads some needed feelgood Singapore’s way
Singapore has a big Saturday in store. The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Listed, 1800m) is this weekend’s local highlight, drawing together the best the Lion City can muster, but 4,000 miles along a south-easterly flight path, Kranji’s most exciting galloper of recent times will step out for The Everest (1200m) at Randwick carrying the keen... Read More
Astern colt sets the pace on day one of NZB’s breeze-ups
A colt by young Darley stallion Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) has set the benchmark on day one of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale breeze-up session at Te Rapa. A total of 70 breeze-up heats were conducted on a Dead 6 surface yesterday with another session to be held today ahead of the November... Read More
Offers fly in for Spring Champion winner Profondo
Galletta sitting tight on stud deals for exciting lightly raced son of Deep Impact Ottavio Galletta has already received multiple calls from domestic and international stallion farms and thoroughbred investors about buying into his untapped Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m)-winning colt Profondo (Deep Impact), a horse he believes can become Australia’s best. The Sydney-based... Read More
The bottom line
A continuing theme of this weekly report is the strength of certain female families. In recent months, the famous “Belle” family has been discussed at length. This past month, Georgina Belle (Pakistan II), no connection to the Belle family, and her stakes-winning descendants have been impacting the industry weekly. Last week, highlighting a Group 1... Read More