After 36 years of heavy investment and involvement in Australia, the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Shadwell Stud decided to disband its thoroughbred holdings in the region earlier this year. Shadwell has been one of the most substantial investors in the Australasian racing and breeding scene over the last three decades and has been rewarded with numerous stakes winners both in Australia and South Africa. Shadwell’s recent unreserved dispersal of yearlings, broodmares, weanlings and the reduction sale of race fillies has brought over AUD $35 million delighting Shadwell’s racing manager, Angus Gold. Sheikh Hamdan’s famous blue and white colours were carried to victory in two Melb ...

The co-owner of Kitchwin Hills and leading Australian Thoroughbred industry influencer chats with The Impact about exciting happenings at Kitchwin Hills with Graff’s launch as a stallion as well how he sees Graff’s impeccable outcrossed pedigree being a boon for the industry.

The famously successful Australian bloodstock agent Brett Howard chats to The Impact on how delighted he and Rachael were when two of the horses in their consignment ended up being sales toppers at the Gold Coast broodmare sale, dispense key advice about being pragmatic when selling horses, and outlines their plan to make Glenesk a specialist farm.

Lost And Running has set himself as a definite A$15 million Everest contender after posting his most important win to date in the Listed Luskin Star Stakes. Trainer John O’Shea waiting to see which one of the Everest slot holders comes to court. Lost And Running took his record to six wins from seven starts, controlling the 1300m race from the front for Tommy Berry and flattening out over the final furlong to score by 2-1/4 lengths over True Detective with Dealmaker another 1-1/4 lengths away. O’Shea said the Luskin Star had been a campaign-long target as it was a proven Everest launchpad with several horses on the race’s honour roll going on to contest the feature sprint, including Godolph ...

The son of Kuroshio Savatoxl proved himself yet again, claiming the Gr.1 Goodwood at Morphettville. The A$8,000 purchase, beat top Australian sprinters including Behemoth, who finished a disappointing seventh. The victory was the horse’s 16th of his career and it brought up a second Goodwood win for his co-trainer Tony McEvoy, who won two years ago with Despatch. A delighted McEvoy, who trains the horse with his son Calvin, said the horse originally came to him with moderate expectations. McEvoy explained that Savatoxl was sent to his stable with the plan of possibly winning a Balaklava Cup over 1600 metres with him, but McEvoy said he felt the horse could not run out a strong mile, so rest ...