HUNDREDS of breeding and racing folk are certain to flock to Scone, the thoroughbred capital of Australia, and other centers in the Upper Hunter, for a mini festival showcasing the region’s involvement in the industry.
SPECULATION was rife yesterday that Lee Freedman's decision to step down as a trainer will be short-lived and that he is poised to open a stable in the northern hemisphere later this year.
The release of ANZ form’s juvenile ratings for 2010-11 reveals that Inglis was the only sales company in the southern hemisphere to sell a Top 10 rated youngster last season.
NSW Racing Minister George Souris will today announce plans to amend legislation regarding the appointment of trustees and securing land use approvals at Royal Randwick.
The new season of TVN’s popular Thoroughbreds program returns to air tonight with a bumper first show featuring all the breeding news, sire table wrap ups and an in depth story from Newsells Park in the UK, the Northern Hemisphere home of Swettenham Stud’s new import Equiano (Fr).
Black Caviar’s trailblazing deeds have had a profound impact on the 2010-11 Stable Financial Victorian Owners and Breeders Awards which were presented at the MCG pn Friday evening, 29 July.
Melbourne has continued to be a happy hunting ground for the Canberra-based trainer Matthew Dale after his filly Jackpot Queen outlasted her rivals in the Timothy Hunter Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield.
Hot Spin booked himself a date with the season's best juvenile Sepoy after the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained gelding proved too strong in Saturday's Dean McNeill Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield.
The form out of the $100,000 Inglis Bonus race a fortnight earlier stacked up strongly when Hot Spin and Jackpot Queen took out the two-year-old double at Caulfield today.
Next month’s annual Scone Broodmare Sale has attracted 125 entries and the catalogue is now online. The sale will be held at White Park, Scone, on Friday August 26.
AUSTRALIAN Turf Club chairman John Cornish is "in no hurry" to sign a deal to settle the broadcast rights dispute flaring again between rivals Sky Channel and TVN.
JENNY GRAHAM might not have the oil-fuelled backing of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud operation but the trainer is doing a fine job on the two-year-old front.
Premier trainer Peter Moody became only the third horseman to train 100 winners in a Melbourne racing season when Testascana completed a double for the stable at Saturday's Flemington meeting.