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I Am Invincible tracks further history
I Am Invincible continues to set a record-breaking pace at the top of the Australian sires’ table, following a stakes-winning treble across Australia on Saturday. When Danehill (Danzig) claimed the first of his nine Australian sires’ championships in 1994-95, his progeny earned $4.4 million across the Australian racing season. As a measure of how much... Read More
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Australia’s Group 1 obsession continues
With a record number of Group 1 starters to this point of the Australian racing season, By The Numbers digs into the upward trend of field sizes for the elite races. Tomorrow’s Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) represents the tenth Group 1 of the Australian racing season and with 16 runners and two emergencies, the... Read More
Who is next in the Godolphin hot seat?
As far as human resource power plays go in the bloodstock industry, Vin Cox joining Yulong was arguably as big as it gets in this part of the world. The head of Godolphin Australia for the past six years, Cox will officially depart the ‘blue army’ on December 1 with Yulong’s bottle green his new... Read More
Tropical Squall
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
The global decline of the thoroughbred foal crop
The number of thoroughbred foals bred globally has dropped nearly 30 per cent in the past 15 years. By The Numbers digs into the downward trend of foal crops across the world. The Jockey Club in the United States recently projected that the 2024 North American foal crop would drop to its lowest level since... Read More