Statistics show the burgeoning online market for racehorses is transitioning toward a much more quality-focused offering. The sale of multiple Group winner Daisies (Sebring) on the Inglis Digital platform this week for $920,000 represented the highest price yet in 2023 for an online purchase. The buyer was no surprise. Yulong has led the way in... Read More

Zoukerette became I Am Invincible’s latest black type winner in the Listed Tatts Life Member Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, sending her sire further clear in quest of his first treble of titles: earnings, winners and stakes winners. The rising 19-year-old won his maiden general sires’ prize last season, but while taking earnings... Read More

On a cold, dark winter morning at Flemington some 20 years ago, I had my first foray into reporting on trackwork. I was a cadet journalist working on the racing round for the Herald Sun and was sent to fill in for one of the senior writers for the newspaper, Tony Meany.  My only instruction... Read More

A first win for Charles, the King of the United Kingdom, a final four winners for Frankie, the king of Ascot, and God knows how many big-priced winners spread across five days, Royal Ascot 2023 proved, as always, to be a memorable meeting. Below, in no particular order, is a brief snapshot of those who... Read More

For all of the highlights of the five days of Royal Ascot week, they were always likely to be upstaged in a couple of minutes on Sunday when Equinox cemented his rating as the world’s best horse with victory in the Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin. The four-year-old, by Kitasan Black, was appearing for the first... Read More