Mark Newnham has been crowned the inaugural winner of the Thoroughbred Excellence Award at the Australian Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards at Randwick on Tuesday.
Matthew Dale’s problem makes him the envy of most of his peers. The Canberra trainer has become a victim of his own success. Despite the relative anonymity of his stable base, Dale is a man in demand.
B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm has acquired Yallambee Stud in Victoria, Australia to be the home of its new Australian Thoroughbred operation. Named Spendthrift Australia, the venture will include breeding, racing, stallions, and buying & selling in the local sales market.
The catalogue for next month’s Inglis Sydney Christmas Thoroughbred Sale, set down for Friday December 5, is now online, featuring a number of mares closely related to some key feature race winners of recent weeks.
Tattersalls Ltd, Europe’s leading bloodstock auctioneers, has announced that it has taken a significant minority stake in William Inglis and Son Ltd, Australia’s premier firm of bloodstock auctioneers.