The momentum generated at the early yearling auctions continued unchecked during day one of the Tattersalls Ireland September Sale in Newmarket Sept. 21 as a £130,000 (US$177,812) son of No Nay Never headed a buoyant market. Johnny Collins and Tom Goff, stationed at opposite ends of the Park Paddocks ring, tried hard to secure the Castlehyde Stud-consigned youngster (Lot 217), but it was Adam Driver of Global Equine Group who had the final say with the winning bid struck online. The colt is out of the Galileo mare Pink Damsel, a winning sibling to the group 3 scorer Say, who is better known as the dam of Summer Stakes hero Fog of War. "We brought him here to stand out and he did," said Cast ...

Thoroughbred racing and breeding have lost Mike Recio, a consignor and bloodstock agent who loved the industry and loved the people tied to the industry even more. Co-founder of South Point Sales, Recio died Sept. 16 in Lexington after an illness. He was 46. The son of respected Ocala, Fla., horseman Bill Recio, Mike Recio had been involved in Thoroughbred racing and breeding for the majority of his life. After graduating from the University of Louisville equine industry program in 2002, he worked in client services for Taylor Made Farm, Adena Springs, Mill Ridge, and Hidden Brook, where he cultivated his business acumen and his legendary gift of gab. Recio's friend John David Christman not ...

Taylor’s Greek Construction Manager has led many projects to their completion but none as exciting, perhaps, Royal Randwick’s new Winx Stand. Named after the legendary mare who captivated the racing world, this is a multi-purpose facility including a leading-edge, two-floor Conference and Exhibition Centre in the heart of the prestigious racecourse. Taylor is soon set to deliver the new Winx Stand facility contracted by the Australian Turf Club. With just four weeks to go for the Everest race day, Everest Diaries speaks with Crespis about what makes the Winx Stand a modern marvel, overcoming the challenges involved in building at a functioning racecourse, how Taylor has successfully overcom ...

Heathcote is a racing superstar in Queensland. There’s his Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint win at Meydan during the 2016 Dubai World Cup race meeting, and now there’s his new stable star Rothfire (aka the “Thrilla From Chinchilla”) who not only returned to racing from a career-ending injury sustained last year but also secured a 2021 TAB Everest slot ahead of many top Australian sprinting peers. The Queenslander grew up as one of ten children in Tasmania, where his early career choices could not have been any further from Horse Racing. They included being a Photo Engrave at the Examiner, later moved to the travel industry where he rose from a guide to a tour manager in London and also managed a Ski Lod ...

Leading trainer Brett Cavanough has confirmed that undefeated yet injury-plagued Kosciuszko mare It's Me won't be racing on Everest day.