The Mike Moroney stable walked away with the spoils at Seymour today, after Testa Rossa gelding Sophrosyne scooped the pool in the rich Chatswood Vase Inglis Bonus Series 3YO Handicap.
Black Caviar lived up to the long odds-on price tag when easily adding to her imposing record, before impressive Elvstroem colt Carrara made it a stakes double for 2008 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale graduates at Moonee Valley today.
With vision for the future, David Hayes announced today, that he will sell part of his famous “Lindsay Park”, a world-renowned horse training facility based at Angaston, in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.
This Saturday night marks the much anticipated return of star Wallaby flanker Rocky Elsom against New Zealand’s All Blacks in a bid to revive Australia’s Tri Nations hopes. In his absence a new generation of international sporting stars have been running the ball up for Australia, those being of the equine kind.
Musir, a colt bred on the cross of Australia's two leading stallions, capped off a top debut season when he was named South Africa's Champion 2YO Colt at the weekend.
FOR the first time, the 2009 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards at the end of this month will feature a category for the best performed Australian-bred thoroughbred trained outside of Australia.
PETER Moody's brilliant filly Black Caviar resumes at Moonee Valley on Saturday as the trainer prepares to split his outstanding team of three-year-olds between Melbourne and Sydney for the spring.
Kicked off by in-form Choisir colt Starspangledbanner, Inglis graduates enjoyed a stakes treble in Melbourne and Sydney today as the build up to the forthcoming spring carnival gathered momentum.
Highlighted by a 94% clearance and a big crowd in attendance at the Oaklands complex, the Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale drew to a close this evening, with almost $3million traded across the two days.
Stakes winning Catbird mare Burgeis highlighted the opening day of the Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale, when selling to James Bester Bloodstock for $310,000.