Listing of Jennifer Eccles reflects booming online thoroughbred sales market
New Zealand Oaks winner will be sold on Gavelhouse Plus platform next month as auction company ramps up trade The outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic just after the turn of the year in 2020 was met with uncertainty and pessimism in some quarters, yet throughout the yearling and breeding stock auctions this year the... Read More
Lillemor
It’s taken more than seven years but trainer John O’Shea is at last savouring some lucrative rewards from Hallowed Crown (Street Sense). O’Shea trained the Gooree Park homebred as an early two-year-old with some promise, but was forced to give him up before he’d raced in early 2014 when O’Shea became Godolphin’s Australian trainer. Bart... Read More
Atishu could be best yet for major New Zealand syndicator Go Racing
Talented Chris Waller-trained three-year-old daughter of Savabeel crosses the Tasman to join Rosehill team For more than 20 years the Go Racing colours have been associated with the Chris Waller stable and their representation has never been stronger in terms of quality with highly–talented filly Atishu (Savabeel) the latest of their horses crossing the Tasman... Read More
Neasham looking to cap stellar debut season with Group 1 success for Mizzy
Coolmore’s $2.2 million mare will bring racing career to a close in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm Annabel Neasham will be aiming to cap off a stellar debut racing season as a trainer in her own right with Mizzy (Zoustar), a fleeting addition to her stable, in this Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m)... Read More
Yeomanstown Stud answer call to stand Dark Angel on southern hemisphere time
Fresh from siring a hat-trick of winners at Royal Ascot last week, Yeomanstown Stud stallion Dark Angel (Acclamation) will be offered to serve a limited number of mares on southern hemisphere time this year. The ever-improving grey, who has risen from an opening fee of €10,000 to his current mark of €60,000 (approx. AU$95,100), has... Read More
Royal Ascot: Glorious history and tradition but some changes needed
The irony of watching Rebellion, the series on the 1916 Irish Easter Rising, was not lost on me as I tried to fill in time before watching the final day of Royal Ascot from the other side of the world. It’s a challenge to see through the five–day (night) meeting on television with the opening... Read More