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Portelli calls on prized series for retired thoroughbreds
Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m)-winning trainer Gary Portelli has been inspired to call on Racing NSW to develop an annual competition series for retired thoroughbreds rich in prize-money after his experience as an official judge at the Thoroughbred Spring Fair held at Hawkesbury Showground last weekend. A Royal Show level rider himself growing up, Portelli... Read More
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Interest ramps up in Spendthrift Farm as all-encompassing deal sought to sell property and bloodstock
Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey has told ANZ Bloodstock News that initial conversations have been held over an all-encompassing deal to sell the 600-acre property and large bloodstock portfolio, which includes four colonial stallions on their roster. After last week’s bombshell decision from the US operation to leave the Australian industry after five years... Read More
Spendthrift Farm to end Australian operation
Leading US-based stud Spendthrift Farm have announced the ‘difficult decision’ to disband its Australian operation in Victoria and sell their 600-acre Romsey property, just over six years after purchasing the stud. The move to withdraw their operations from Australia comes little more than four months since the death of Spendthrift Farm’s founder, B. Wayne Hughes,... Read More
Australia provides incredible value, Aushorse Investors’ Guide shows
Aushorse, the Australian breeding industry’s global marketing arm, believes there is no better place to race a horse in the world than Down Under and the figures don’t lie. The 2022 edition of the annual Aushorse Investors’ Guide, released yesterday, detailed the surging prize-money levels available in Australia and that an additional 73 horses took... Read More
Vale Bernard de Saint-Seine
Many Australian and New Zealand studs, their staff, bloodstock agents plus staff of each country’s auctioneers, will be saddened with the news that popular French agent, Bernard de Saint-Seine, passed away last month. ANZ Bloodstock News was made aware of his passing by Fairdale Stud’s Gerald Fell and bloodstock agent Michael Otto. Saint-Seine was much... Read More
Coolmore offer first crop Ferrari bonus for Justify
Coolmore Australia will award a brand new Ferrari to the owners of the first Justify (Scat Daddy) foal to win a selected two- or three-year-old feature race. The new concept will see Coolmore present a Ferrari to the buyer listed in the official sales results or owner/breeder of the first Justify to win one... Read More