We love the bargain basement stories, like the Takeover Targets, or the one about the passed-in mare snapped up the next day for $1,000 while in foal with this year’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Stay Inside.  But sometimes we’re dazzled as well by the big hitters, the whales who swim in a league... Read More

John Sadler believes he may have unearthed a VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) contender after the first-up win of Adele Amour (Sebring), a homebred three-year-old filly for the new proprietor of Woodside Park Stud, Eddie Hirsch. Resuming from a spell after two spaced starts as a juvenile, Adele Amour ($26) was sent forward by Michael... Read More

Kingstar Farm supremo seeks to add to success of Sunday Best while putting close relation to Enable in foal to Capitalist Kingstar Farm principal Matthew Sandblom continued his investment in the French yearling market this week after purchasing two fillies at the Arqana August Yearling Sale in Deauville, identifying the jurisdiction as the perfect haven... Read More

Two years ago to the day was the last time I set foot on an English racecourse – for day one of York’s Ebor Festival. It seems a lifetime ago. And with a near capacity crowd expected for today’s Group 1 Juddmonte International, that’s a racing experience which seems very much a world away as... Read More

Champion trainer Caspar Fownes has welcomed the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s recent change which sees horses imported into Hong Kong on a Private Purchase (PP) permit given a five-point lower initial rating than was the case previously.  “I’ve been talking about this for years, so to finally see it come to fruition is outstanding,” Fownes... Read More

Gestut Ammerland’s New Bay filly from the family of German Derby heroine Borgia and Prix Vermeille winner Baltic Baroness topped the third and final day of the main section at Arqana’s flagship August Yearling Sale when realising €320,000 to John and Thady Gosden online.  From an excellent German family, the filly quickly became the subject... Read More