The Magic Millions' Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale features 210 exciting prospects (plus supplementary) with buyers looking to secure their next stakes winning star. This 2YO sale produces more winners and has the best strike rate of the three breeze-up style auctions in Australasia. The reason for this is the professionalism of our vendors who are among the most experienced and successful two- ...
2019 The TAB Everest winner, Yes Yes Yes has been retired to stud due to injury, to stand at Coolmore Australia in 2020. The son of Rubick was spelled after winning the $14million Everest (1200m) back in October and had been training strongly for his projected return in the Gr.1 VRC Lightning Stakes. However, an exhibition gallop in early October was abandoned when the colt showed signs of inflam ...
Peter and Paul Snowden, who trained Golden Slipper winner Capitalist are also teaching winning ways to his son, Captivant resulting in his first win at Randwick. Allowed to find his feet early by Jason Collett, he unleashed an explosive turn of foot over the final furlong to power past his rivals and win the ATC Victory Vein Plate (1000m) by two lengths running away from Maurice (Jpn) colt Akihir ...
Bittersweet stories are part of every foaling season. This time we hear of a story from Holbrook Thoroughbreds. Owned by Bob and Sandra Peters, blue-blooded Redoute’s Choice mare Antique Rose was a full sister to their star producers Broadway Belle and Arcadia, who are the dams of Gr.1 winners Regal Power and Arcadia Queen. Antique Rose was in foal to their sire Pierro, so she was carrying a full ...
The 2020 Inglis Ready2Race Sale will feature 226 2YO’s from highly diversified drafts, comprising progeny from Australia and New Zealand’s leading stallions. An outstanding group of horse people will be preparing juveniles for the sale including the likes of Blake Ryan, Damian Lane, Jean Dubois, Will Forrester, Matt Vella, Michael Hickmott, Mel O’Gorman, Tal and Shaun Nolen, Frankie Stockdale, De ...
Five-time Group One winning Santa Ana Lane, owned by high profile owner Rupert Legh has been confirmed as a contender in The Everest for Coolmore. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained star is all set to resume in Saturday’s Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington Santa Ana Lane was runner up in last year’s Everest behind Yes Yes Yes, and was also second behind Nature strip in the Group 1 TJ S ...
With aspirations of maiden wins in the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, Hugh Bowman will make an early move to Melbourne. Speaking on Monday's episode of After The Last, Bowman confirmed that he would ride at Randwick on Saturday before heading to Melbourne and completing a mandatory quarantine period in order to ride King's Legacy in the Caulfield Guineas. The move means Bowman will relinquish t ...
Queensland star Rothfire is out of The Everest and could need a year or more off racing after fracturing his sesamoid bone in Gr.1 Golden Rose. His future in racing will have to be assessed after his lengthy convalescence. The details are unclear but the son of Rothesay may require surgery. Rothfire was slated to represent the miRunners in the upcoming 2020 The Everest. They will now need to find ...
Top jockeys such as Hugh Bowman, Kerrin McEvoy, and James McDonald will now be able to ride in The Everest, travel by private vehicle to Victoria the next day and after five days of self-isolation at an approved location as well as providing a negative COVID-19 test, they will be able to ride at The Valley on Manikato Stakes Night and Cox Plate Day. They would also be cleared to ride at Flemingto ...
Lightly raced Alfa Oro has given his trainer, Matt Laurie high hopes of contesting and winning the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes. The 5YO son of Bachelor recently won the Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge (955m)under Ben Melham in a time of 55.90. The victory was his fifth in succession and Laurie confirmed it had earned him a crack in Stakes grade, with the Gr.1 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) or Gr.2 Caulfield Sta ...