Strong interest evident in build up to delayed two-day weanling and mare auction at Oaklands Junction July is usually seen as a period of rare downtime, if there is such a thing in the breeding industry, but instead hardened vendors and buyers were at Oaklands Junction gripped by a fierce wind chill factor yesterday in... Read More

Busuttin and Young hoping to deliver a poignant 20th black type winner of season for stallion that kick-started career Entering the final stages of an enthralling 2020/21 season, the races to decide the leading stallions of the past 12 months have shaped up as close-run contests. Newgate’s first-season sire phenomena Extreme Choice (Not A Single... Read More

Matthew Poon experienced racing’s highs and lows in rapid succession at Sha Tin yesterday, compensating for a weighing out mistake in an undercard race before savouring victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1800m) aboard Jimmy Ting’s Super Football (More Than Ready). Poon’s mount in the Class 5 World-Class Leadership 1200m Handicap,... Read More

Racing in Western Australia has really started to thrive over recent years. Spearheaded by colossal breeder Bob Peters, as well as the impetus of the breeding scheme Westspeed, racing and sales in the state have seen a steady increase in vibrancy.  Others, as well, have invested heavily in the region, not least Sue and Alan... Read More

2 g Tavistock ex Meleka Belle by Iffraaj O: Mr A W Pike, Mr M J Chittick, Mr G J Chittick, Raffles Thoroughbred Racing, Mr H B NORCROSS, Mr B M Waldron, Mrs E A Waldron, Whakanui Stud Ltd, Mr B M Sherwin, Mr N A Greenhalgh, Mr M G Chitty, Mr M L Watson... Read More

Well-bred Group 1-winning daughter of Adelaide to be sold via Inglis Digital platform later this month Three years ago, Olly Koolman had a suspicion a then maiden three-year-old filly he raced with friends and family could be well above average, an educated opinion which saw him back his judgment on her half-sister by Adelaide (Galileo)... Read More