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The Inferno Holy Roman Emperor and Mascarpone Shooting To Win dealt Westbury Stud a winning trans-Tasman Gr.2 double over the weekend with the former a shining example of how a change of plan can come up trumps. Westbury Stud-bred both The Inferno and Mascarpone and sold the pair at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale in a 2018 draft that has provided seven black-type graduates, inclu ...
James Harron is no stranger to making the right move at the right time in the TAB Everest and he’s confident he has chosen wisely in locking in former Singapore star The Inferno as his slot’s representative in next month’s $15m sprint classic. On the back of the 5YOs eye-catching second in the Gr.1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night, Harron wasted no time in confirming a deal wi ...
Wild Ruler won’t just be making up the numbers in next month’s TAB Everest – that’s dual Everest winning trainer Peter Snowden’s assertion after the four-year-old was selected by Yulong Investments to run in the $15m race. On the back of his Gr.1 Moir Stakes (1000m) win at Moonee Valley, where he defeated The Inferno who was also snapped up for Everest, Snowden said Wild Ruler is taking his place ...
Outstanding mare Libertini will be given the chance to be the first horse to win the TAB Everest first-up after the Anthony Cummings-trained star secured her slot with Aquis. It’s a show of faith by Aquis in Cummings’ belief that Libertini’s best performance is fresh and now both parties hope she can produce one of her trademark sizzling first-up performances. In her past two spring campaigns Lib ...
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 Dri ...
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale kicked off Sept. 13 in fine fashion, headlined by a knockout American Pharoah filly going for $1.4 million to Northshore Bloodstock, agent for Joe Allen. From the 201 horses cataloged to Day 1, Keeneland reported 95 yearlings sold for gross receipts of $38,172,000, an average of $401,811, and a median of $325,000. The 61 horses that failed to meet their reser ...
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 ...
The 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka in November will showcase its customary quality cross-section of local and international stallions, including some of the biggest names from across Australasia – and a titan of the northern hemisphere. One of the world’s all-time great racehorses, Frankel won all of his 14 starts – 10 of them at Group One level, and all of them with brea ...
More than 30 years ago, Kentucky Equine Research® was founded by equine nutritionist Joe Pagan, Ph.D., with one goal in mind: to put innovations in equine nutrition and exercise physiology in the hands of feed manufacturers and horse owners. From the beginning, Pagan envisioned worldwide reach in achieving this goal. Soon after the company opened its doors, it launched a satellite office in Austr ...
Glen Boss is adamant about winning the Caulfield Cup. It's a personal vendetta and due to complications with cross-border travel, Boss felt that he had to make a decision early about his spring plans. He left rides in the lucrative Spring Carnival in Sydney, and made his way to Melbourne. Boss admitted that he had been looking at potential Caulfield Cup rides for this year's renewal of the 2400-m ...