Mills strikes at Keeneland for blueblood Taste Of Heaven’s Violence filly
Yearling’s Grade 3-winning Curlin half-sister also ends up in hands of Australians The US-bred Violence (Medaglia D’Oro) filly with one of the biggest pedigrees in the Australian Stud Book will be coming Down Under to race after the buyer behind her US$200,000 (approx. AU$272,000) acquisition from the Keeneland September Yearling Sale declared her purchase “a... Read More
American Pharoah filly tops ‘excellent’ opening day of Keeneland at $1.4 million
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale kicked off in fine fashion, headlined by a knockout American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) filly going for US$1.4 million (approx. AU$1.91 million) to Joe Allen. The filly’s half-sister Echo Zulu (Gun Runner) had comfortably won the Spinaway Stakes (Gr 1, 7f) at Saratoga just eight days earlier to provide a... Read More
Four for Shinn as Hayes provides but challenges remain
The afternoon after he rode his way to four wins at Sha Tin, Blake Shinn pondered the possible implications for the season ahead as he took time to allow his body to recover from the rigours of riding at the very base of what might be deemed – in the context of being a jockey,... Read More
Two-week delay to Inglis Ready2Race Sale expected to be announced
October 26 firming as date for company’s Sydney-based two-year-old auction Next month’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Sydney is set to be delayed by a fortnight in the hope of conducting the two-year-old auction once the NSW government’s proposal to relax Covid-19 restrictions has come into effect. It is understood that Inglis has been exploring its... Read More
Three for Almanzor
New first season sire winners Almanzor (pictured) Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) had a productive week, siring two new winners. Queen Trezy (2 f ex Elodie by Dansili) became his second individual winner when impressively landing the 1600-metre maiden at Lyon Parilly on Wednesday. Christophe Soumillon made all aboard the well-fancied filly to score... Read More
Victorian Alliance colts step out at Cranbourne
Ryan McEvoy, one of the figures behind powerful Victorian Alliance colts fund headed by his employer Rosemont Stud, liked what he saw from the new partnership’s first two juveniles to officially barrier trial at Cranbourne yesterday, but he has been around long enough not to get ahead of himself. Nevertheless, Rosemont Stud’s general manager of... Read More