Bivouac and Queen dominant as Aegon emerges
Third Group 1 win each for Darley and Mackinnon winners while son of Sacred Falls stars at Riccarton Glen Boss believes that Bivouac (Exceed And Excel) may be as good as any colt he has been associated with during his long career after the four-year-old produced the best win of his career yesterday, taking the... Read More
Chaos as Tabcorp’s systems crash
Tabcorp, the wagering giant and biggest single financial contributor to Australia’s racing industry, last night would not be drawn on whether the company would pay compensation to the sport’s governing bodies after a significant failure of its betting systems yesterday caused chaos to meetings around the country. On one of the biggest race days of... Read More
New headgear has Churchill finding his gears again
A blinkered Churchill (Smart Missile) regained his dynamic turn of foot to claim the S$70,000 Class 3 Division 2 race over 1200m on Polytrack yesterday. Smothered up in fourth place for his charge to the post, Churchill, who was backed down to S$14 favouritism, gave his rivals little chance of a response once he was... Read More
Magic Millions extends Gold Coast sale to seven days
Afternoon session to open January auction to cater for bigger yearling catalogue in 2021 Magic Millions, which sets the benchmarks and market sentiment for the Australasian sales series each year, will conduct an expanded seven-day Gold Coast yearling sale in January as the company attempts to strike a balance between vendor and buyer demand. The... Read More
Oleksandra to fly Australian flag at Breeders’ Cup
Oleksandra (Animal Kingdom), who left Australian shores as a three-start maiden in February, 2018, will join a rare group when she contests the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (Gr 1, 5.5f) at Keeneland tomorrow morning, Australian time. The American end-of-season championship, the Breeders’ Cup – marketed as the “world championships” by its organisers – has not... Read More
Goffs planning repeat of online sale following overseas interest
Taramansour heading to Australia as records tumble So much interest was received in Thursday’s success story that was the virtual Goffs Autumn Horses In Training Sale that organisers will adopt the same approach for the Autumn Yearling Sale on November 17-18. More than 250 people registered for online bidding and two lots surpassed the top... Read More