Wet weather fails to dampen vendors’ enthusiasm ahead of Classic sale
Widespread rain welcomed despite risk of rich Inglis Millennium being called off Inglis’ Riverside Stables was wet, the $2 million Inglis Millennium is in extreme danger of being postponed and buyers and vendors were yesterday trying to stay dry, but no one was complaining. The widespread rain, which has fallen in vast parts of New... Read More
Munger toasts to first Kranji win
Munger toasts to first Kranji win After a first week finding his way around, South African jockey Ryan Munger hit the target for the first time in Singapore with a win on board Pindus (Exceed And Excel) in the $50,000 Class 4 (Div 2) race over 1000 metres last night. The Durban-born 24-year-old began his... Read More
Group winner I Am Immortal to stand at Swettenham Stud
I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) only dual stakes-winning juvenile I Am Immortal will stand at Swettenham Stud later this year, but not before the Anthony Freedman-trained colt embarks on a Group 1 autumn mission aimed at enhancing his record. The three-year-old returned from a spell with a first-up second in last week’s W J Adams... Read More
Express secures place at stud with impressive Orr success
Moroney hopes son of Redoute’s Choice can stand in New Zealand but is conscious money talks Paul Moroney, who identified yesterday’s impressive C F Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) as a yearling, believes the three-year-old is the stallion prospect New Zealand desperately needs. But the bloodstock agent admits Alabama Express,... Read More
Industry participants to fund working group to investigate equine welfare plan
Leading trainer Tony McEvoy has thrown his support, vocally and financially, behind a thoroughbred industry-led taskforce that has been established to develop a national equine welfare strategy. Former Victorian Premier Dr Denis Napthine will chair the Independent Working Group (IWG), which has been put together by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA), the Australian Trainers’ Association (ATA)... Read More
Standout returns fast sectional times in impressive Expressway Stakes victory
Appropriately-named colt Standout (Exceed And Excel) looks set for a very good preparation after producing fast sectionals in his impressive first-up performance when taking out last Saturday’s Expressway Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. Having his first start since finishing second to Cosmic Force (Deep Field) in the Roman Consul Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at... Read More