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Hong Kong winners boost New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale

The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale received a timely boost after its catalogue was released last week when graduates Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse), Good Luck Friend (Swiss Ace) and Gallant Crown (Hallowed Crown) all won at the opening meeting of the Hong Kong season on Sunday. A healthy crowd welcomed back racing at Sha... Read More

13 for Saxon Warrior

New winners Saxon Warrior (pictured above) – First season sire Saxon Warrior (Deep Impact) sired two winners last week, beginning with Henry The Lion (2 c ex Silver Meadow by Teofilo) who provided the Coolmore shuttler with a 12th individual winner when running out a ready scorer of a 1600-metre maiden at Marseille-Borely. The Jerome... Read More

Industry bodies and educational projects leading the way in staff crisis

Staffing continues to remain a major challenge within and outside of Australia and the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry is working as proactively as possible to come up with solutions to curb the problem. Thoroughbred Breeders NSW (TBNSW), along with a number of major commercial players, including Silverdale Farm, is doing some great work in... Read More

Bonheur (AUS)

Bonheur (AUS) 3 f I Am Invincible – Bonaria by Redoute’s Choice O: R M Anderson, Mrs P Anderson, D P Juratowitch, Mrs S H Juratowitch, G C Daniels, Busuttin Racing (Mgr: T L Busuttin) & Widden Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A W Thompson) B: Widden Stud T: Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young S: Magic... Read More

North Star Lass

Empires rise and empires fall. But in breeding, only some do the latter. As most of us know, thoroughbreds started with the importation to empire-building Britain, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, of the holy trinity of foundation sires: the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Arabian. By the mid-1980s, one... Read More

The Nature Strip and Eduardo rivalry not over yet

Royal Ascot winner Nature Strip has cast a massive shadow, in terms of prize–money and Group 1 races won, over his principal rival Eduardo. However, there’s not often been a great deal separating the pair and, remarkably, the competition is not yet over between these two evergreen sprinters who’ve headlined racing’s press since the retirement... Read More