€95,000 Lope De Vega colt spearheads more Al Shaqab investment at Arqana auction
Superpower’s spending at October Yearling Sale passes €1.7m mark on day three On Wednesday Al Shaqab’s sustained investment at the Arqana October Yearling sale passed the €1.7 million (approx. AUD$2.83 million) mark for the week across 19 horses, with the star of their acquisitions on day three a son of Lope De Vega (Shamardal) knocked... Read More
Wings Of Eagles colt sells to Australia as Brummitt bemoans lack of support
There was understandable excitement when 2017 Epsom Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) hero Wings Of Eagles (Pour Moi) was retired to stand at his birthplace, the Haras de Montaigu. A first Epsom winner to be bred in France since Sea-Bird (Dan Cupid) 52 years before him, Wings Of Eagles remained for just one season before... Read More
Captivant (AUS)
2 c Capitalist – Speedboat by Commands O: Newgate Bloodstock, China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd, Horse Ventures, Newgate S F, Go Bloodstock Australia, Starlight Racing, Glenlogan Park, Highgrove Stud, Nick Vass Bloodstock, Aston Bloodstock, Grant Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Carpe Diem, G1G Racing & Breeding B: Senga Bissett and Ivan Woodford-Smith T: Peter and Paul... Read More
Tough stayer Steel Prince likely to get shot at second Melbourne Cup
Freedmans’ seven-year-old holds off fellow imports to take out the Geelong Cup Steel Prince (Nathaniel), a horse identified as a three-year-old in Ireland by agent Justin Bahen, will be given his chance to run in a second Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) after downing two more recent European arrivals in the $400,000 Geelong Cup (Gr... Read More
Rare Adlerflug offering leads the way at Arqana on day two of October Sale
Haras de Bourgeauville scored a notable success on day two of the remodelled Arqana October Yearling Sale as a son of Adlerflug (In The Wings) topped trade when secured at €85,000 (approx. AUD$142,175) by Federico Barberini. The Gestut Schlenderhan flagbearer is not a stallion whose offspring are offered at auction too frequently outside of Germany... Read More
Classique Legend
It took Racing To Win four-and-a-half years to earn $3.7 million in prize–money, through a stellar career in which the gelding won five Group 1s – including Randwick’s Big Mile double the year he was the nation’s champion male three-year-old. Last Saturday at Randwick, it took Classique Legend 68-and-a-half seconds to win almost double that... Read More