Barry Bowditch, managing director of Magic Millions, has expressed his sorrow over the truck crash that killed five mares purchased from the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast last week. The horses, who are yet to be identified, were making their way to the Hunter from Queensland by float before the vehicle crashed. it was extremely upsetting news yesterday morning (hearing ...
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards will spell Gr.1-winning sprinter Gytrash (Lope De Vega) after a “forget” run in Saturday’s Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr 1, 1300m) at Eagle Farm. The rising 6YO gelding, who returned from a spell in which he underwent knee surgery to finish third in The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m) earlier this month, ran 12th in the Kingsford-Smith Cup, two and three-quarter lengths behind w ...
The 3YO colt, a $1.6 million Magic Millions yearling, retires from the racetrack after victories in the Gr.3 Canonbury Stakes and the Gr.3 Pago Pago Stakes Having campaigned as 2YO under the care of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, as a 3YO under Annabel Neasham's guidance, he proved competitive against the best sprinters in the land. He will join Gr.1 Golden Slipper S, winner Farnan in making his ...
A proven source of winners, I Am Invincible’s speedy son Super One is relocating to Newhaven Park this spring where he will stand for All Winners Thoroughbred. The Champion 2YO in Singapore and a Gr.3 winner here in Australia, Super One is the sire of nearly 40 winners with his oldest progeny just 3YO. His winners are highlighted by stakes-placed One Lotto and metro winners Miss Divine Em and Ano ...
A record breaking Inglis Easter made for some great results in the sale ring for breeders with plenty of stallions returning three times service fee and more. The sire profitability list by multiple of fee for yearling sales tends to highlight younger stallions coming off a lower fee that are destined for better things. I Am Invincible topped these lists regularly when he was on his way to greatn ...
An unbeaten 2YO and Gr.2 winning three year old by So You Think, Peltzer has been retired to Twin Hills Stud for the 2021 breeding season and will stand at a fee of $16,500 inc GST. Peltzer was the winner of all three of his races as a juvenile and is the highest rated 2YO ever produced by his sire, So You Think. His feature wins came as a 3YO, in the Gr.2 Stan Fox Stakes, the Gr.2 Eskimo Prince ...
Greyville will host a pair of Gr.1 features tomorrow with the Daily News 2000 (Gr.1, 2000m) and the Woolavington 2000 (Gr.1, 1900m). The Daily News 2000 is being seen as something of a head-to-head between a pair of Western Cape gallopers, Linebacker (Captain Of All) and Kommetdieding (Elusive Fort). The former, trained by Vaughan Marshall, won the Cape Derby (Gr.1, 2000m) in February and had the ...
Star mare Gran Alegria (Deep Impact) looks set to defend her Yasuda Kinen (Gr 1, 1600m) crown at Tokyo in two weeks’ time. The fiveyear-old notched her fifth elite-level win with an impressive score in the Victoria Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at the same venue on May 16 but was found to be tender in the near fore hoof last Friday. Trainer Kazuo Fujisawa was said to be pleased with her work yesterday morni ...
Connections of So Si Bon (So You Think) are hoping he can finally break through for an elite-level win in the Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr.1, 1300m) at Eagle Farm tomorrow. The Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes-trained gelding has placed three times in Gr.1 races at 1400 metres and 1600 metres during the past four years and again faces a strong field of rivals. He's fallen just short of the mark when we've h ...
Gr.2-winning and Gr.1-placed sprinter Graff (Star Witness) will stand at Kitchwin Hills in the Hunter Valley this year after connections made the call to officially retire the talented entire. Graff, who joins Sooboog (Snitzel) on the Kitchwin Hills roster, will stand for an introductory fee of $13,200 (inc GST) this year. Bought by renowned yearling judge Alan Bell for $200,000 at the 2017 Magic ...