The Everest slot holder, Inglis plan their successful Ready2Race sale during Everest week to increase exposure from potential owners and trainers attending the world's richest race on turf. Despite the circumstances and the COVID19 restrictions at the racecourse, the sale still broke many records. The day’s top lot, offered by Lime Country Thoroughbreds as agent for Regal Farm, sold to Macau Jock ...
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 ...
Co-trainer Sam Freedman sees little similarities with last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare in Warning’s build-up to his big spring assignments. Warning and Vow And Declare are both sons of the Declaration Of War and both relish the wide-open spaces of the Flemington circuit. Vow And Declare burst into Caulfield and Melbourne Cup calculations with a solid first-up fourth in the Turnbul ...
Although this year's official Breeders' Cup qualifiers are over, providing free, automatic entry in those races, at least a couple of potential Breeders' Cup starters are still racing this weekend at Keeneland. Graded stakes winners Venetian Harbor and Four Graces lead a field of 10 sophomore fillies Oct. 17 in the $200,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes at the Lexington track, where a good effort from o ...
A delighted Daniel Nakhle and Darren Brady are reaching for the stallion register tonight before popping corks, having managed to ward off strong international competition to buy out shareholders in Spanish Whisper (Lope De Vega) for an online record-setting AU$1,202,500. Originally raced in New Zealand by Daniel with co-breeders Elias Nakhle and Darren Brady, Spanish Whisper won the Gr.2 Matamat ...
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 ...