Greg and Jodie White and their families have been in the racing game for decades and been associated with many champions of the turf, but even they were taken aback by the win of Nettoyer (Sebring) win in today’s G1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick.
Sensibility – a beautifully bred Group 1 placed Redoute’s Choice mare in foal to I Am Invincible – is among the first confirmed Wildcard entries to The Chairman’s Sale.
The beautifully appointed Waratah Thoroughbreds farm in the Southern Highlands has made the decision to disperse its 20 strong Australian-based broodmare band and concentrate on racing and trading in stock.
A day after retiring star colts Extreme Choice and Flying Artie, China Horse Club and partners welcomed another Group 1 winner into their team when Russian Revolution won The Galaxy at Rosehill.
A $200,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for David Ellis, the well-related two year-old Stratum colt Summer Monsoon delivered the right result when he proved too slick for his rivals at Te Rapa.
A sensational four straight days of trade across weanlings, race fillies and broodmares has finished on a high in Sydney, with total turnover for the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale in excess of $33.8m, the best result in six years, with the overall clearance 86%.
Matt Dale’s Fell Swoop (Not A Single Doubt x Touched In Flight) has the headline races of the Brisbane Winter Carnival firmly in his sights after a convincing victory in today’s $200,000 Group 2 BRC Victory Stakes over 1200m, in which he took his earnings past $1 million.
Zac Spirit confirmed his position as one of the best in South East Asia when winning Kranji's premier sprint for this second time on Sunday, the S$800,000 Singapore Group 1 Lion City Cup (1200m).
Results have been finalised from the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale where 437 yearlings have been sold to 213 buyers, many forming new partnerships to race at the highest level.
The temperature in Sydney soared today as did the action on Day Two of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, where Lankan Rupee’s brother sold for $1,800,000.
Promising Northern Meteor filly Meteora Miss found the task beyond her in the Group II ATC Tea Rose Stakes at the start of spring, but showed her true ability with a powerful win at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Inglis graduates kicked goals across the country today winning a swag of black type at Rosehill and Caulfield, headlined by a thrilling victory by Mourinho in the Group 1 MRC Underwood Stakes.
A Newcastle-trained pair of fillies have given notice that Beneteau's second and final crop is set to match the impact made by his first runners last season.
Champion racehorse and sire Lonhro wowed the crowds at the annual Darley stallion parade on Saturday and also provided us with two impressive debut winners at Cranbourne on Sunday with spring goals on their agenda.
Which sires are more likely to succeed than others? It's a question broodmare owners ask themselves at this time of year as they seek to shorten the odds in their quest to find a first season sire that might one day be a champion sire.
Following the maiden Group 1 win by Vinery shuttler More Than Ready's exciting daughter Entisaar in South Africa last weekend, Vinery Stud will be watching another of his daughters with interest in the Republic next weekend.