It so often happens in breeding that – for want of a less harsh term – one farm’s poison becomes another’s meat. Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) was sold by Coolmore to Kooringal Stud, Wagga Wagga, and within days had a Group 1 winner in Royal Merchant. Scissor Kick (Redoute’s Choice) was shown the gate at... Read More

Laurence Eales had a lot of early success with buying horses, but also quickly learned a valuable lesson – about value itself. “The expensive ones don’t go any faster than the cheap ones,” he says. In fact, I’ve had a lot more luck with the less expensive ones.” The story of the Melbourne-based former Cairns... Read More

Pretty much nobody knew the name on the buyers’ list at Inglis Easter 2022 who had ventured into the unknown by purchasing Lot 189, a filly by Justify (Scat Daddy), who, while a Triple Crown winner in the US, was then still tarred with the brush of anonymity that comes with that question mark tag... Read More

He might have some big shoes to fill, but Trapeze Artist can already boast something that his sire, the great Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), cannot. Trapeze Artist went through his first season as a sire with a range of two-year-olds showing potential, with nine winners from 36 runners, which ranked him equal second among first–season sires,... Read More

A filly bought for $16,000 from a $1,500 mare covered by a stallion standing for $11,000 won Saturday’s Group 1 Flight Stakes, and the world knew romance was alive and kicking. Tropical Squall, from the first crop of the possibly misunderstood VRC Derby winner Prized Icon out of the maiden-winning Squalls (Fusaichi Pegasus), brought her... Read More