Stakes-winning 2YO [Volcanic Rock](https://inglisdigital.com/lot/30000110.40.htm) has become the most expensive racehorse sold on Inglis Digital, with the June (Late) Online catalogue eclipsing the result of last sale, with an incredible $5.63 million in turnover, making it the second-highest grossing sale in the history of the platform.
Inglis Digital will celebrate the New Year with a huge January online catalogue, consisting of more than double the amount of entries compared to January 2018.
The first edition of the Korea Racing Authority Trophy open to Korean horses was a hotly-contested affair which eventually went to the home team with Super Winner sprinting away to a handsome victory on Sunday.
Classy sprinter Zac Spirit will be presented in tip-top shape in the $500,000 Group 1 Lion City Cup (1200m) this Sunday, but will at the same time face one of his biggest tests thus far.
Featuring the first foal of a Group I ATC Coolmore Classic winner, the full sister to last year's Easter sale-topper and a stunning colt likened to Brazen Beau, this draft from one of the most popular Hunter Valley vendors is sure to be a winner at the upcoming Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
A major consolidation of Australian racing industry assets is underway with the Australian Racing Board (ARB), Racing Information Services Australia (RISA) and the Australian Stud Book (ASB) merging to form a new national body ‘Racing Australia’.
The Australian Thoroughbred breeding season will begin on Monday (Sept 1), with the country's stallions set to generate more than $300 million in income for their services.
Kranji racegoers were given a gentle reminder of trainer Theo Kieser’s reputation as a dab hand with two-year-olds when Black Mamba worked home the best to claim the juvenile race over 1200m, the $75,000 Hello United Kingdom Stakes (1200m), on Sunday.
The first Singapore Group 1 race of the year saw the coronation of Zac Spirit as the country’s sprint king as the Flying Spur four-year-old stamped his class on the $500,000 Lion City Cup with an all-conquering display on Sunday.
Federal Court Justice Alan Robertson ruled against a legal challenge by former bookmaker and chairman of the Sydney Turf Club Bruce McHugh to current thoroughbred breeding laws in Australia.
Mark Webster, Managing Director of Australia's leading thoroughbred auctioneers Inglis, today announced that Swiss luxury watch maker Jaeger-LeCoultre will partner with the firm as the official timekeepers of the Inglis Sales at Newmarket.
The loudest cheer came from Western Australia as Metal Bender led home a 1-2-3 for trainer Chris Waller in Saturday's Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Warwick Farm.
There have been suggestions that an Australia-wide industry tax of five per cent be placed on stallion fees. Graeme Kelly sourced industry opinion on this subject.
Figures released by Michael Ford, Keeper of the Australian Stud Book, show that Thoroughbred coverings for 2008 will be around 26,100 mares with Fastnet Rock (pictured) the busiest of all stallions last spring covering 248 mares at Coolmore in the Hunter Valley.