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Chapple-Hyam delighted with ‘impressive’ Oaks contender Gonnadancealot
Newmarket-based co-owner thrilled by the potential of Sir Prancealot filly after Flemington romp Australian national Jane Chapple-Hyam is excited to follow the progress of the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock-trained Gonnadancealot (Sir Prancealot), who is being lined up for the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) after an impressive performance at Flemington on Saturday. Trainer... Read More
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Gonnadancealot set to lead Griffiths and De Kock into spring
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Funstar snapped up by Northern Farm for $2.7 million
Group 1-winning mare to head to Japan after extraordinary Inglis Digital auction Funstar (Adelaide) will head to Japan and join her high-class sibling Youngstar (High Chaparral) after the Group 1-winning mare was bought by powerful breeder Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm through Inglis Digital for $2.7 million, a new world record for an online thoroughbred sale... Read More
Racing NSW snaps up Fudge’s Bong Bong Farm as part of training strategy
State-of-the-art Waratah Thoroughbreds property sold to state’s industry regulator in emotional sale for owners Paul Fudge’s state-of-the-art NSW Southern Highlands equine property Bong Bong Farm, home to his Waratah Thoroughbreds enterprise, has been sold to the governing body of the state’s racing industry. An offer tabled by Racing NSW, one of five parties which made... Read More
The best first season sire crop ever?
Freshman-sired winners of the Golden Slipper, Champagne Stakes, Blue Diamond and lucrative sales races suggest this may be the most successful class of maiden stallions Just how good is the current crop of first season stallions, a group responsible for a Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), Blue Diamond (Gr 1, 1200m) and Champagne Stakes (Gr... Read More
New dawn for Rowsthorns and Morningside after parting with stallion operation
End of an era at Woodside but family pledges to continue commercial breeding operation The Rowsthorn name will not be lost to the Australian thoroughbred industry – far from it. That’s the message from Will Rowsthorn, the third generation breeder, after his family sold off Woodside Park Stud, the business founded by his grandfather Peter... Read More