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Peters’ Queen makes $2.5 million at Chairman’s Sale as Coolmore backs Wootton Bassett

In Her Time also makes $2.2 million in stunning three hours of high-end mare trade Coolmore has continued its extraordinary spending spree with a view of mirroring a strategy employed to support unbeaten US Triple Crown champion Justify (Scat Daddy) on another high-profile shuttler, European star sire Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj). Tom Magnier, the principal of... Read More

Capitalist comes out on top while Coolmore’s big stallion play appears Justified

Colt by Newgate Farm’s leading first season sire tops Inglis Weanling Sale at $400,000 The progeny of Australia’s leading first season sire Capitalist (Written Tycoon) and the first foals by unbeaten US Triple Crown champion Justify (Scat Daddy) have dominated the top of a rising Inglis Australian Weanling Sale market, the first of the 2021... Read More

Spendthrift’s Dirty Work to make Group 1 bid before retiring to stand on roster

Spendthrift Australia will welcome exciting new recruit Dirty Work (Written Tycoon) to their roster in 2021, but not before he has a crack at adding a Group 1 victory to his CV by way of The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on May 15.  The Australian arm of the B. Wayne Hughes-founded American-based operation will stand... Read More

‘The people who are professional about their work are getting rewarded more frequently’

Demand from pinhookers set to feed one-day Inglis Australian Weanling Sale The incredible demand for racing stock is expected to flow through to the breeding stock sales, starting at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale in Sydney today, as the buoyant market lures new investors and old players back to the fold. Despite the wet weather... Read More

‘I feel we’re on the verge of a new dawn for our sport’

In a four-part series in conjunction with the Racing Post, we look at how the racing world has coped with the prevailing impacts of the Covid-19. In today’s edition, Racing Post bloodstock editor Andrew Scutts delves into how the US racing roadshow has stayed the trip despite the pandemic. It was a very good Good... Read More

Unwala’s Avesta Bloodstock making quiet investment as portfolio quickly soars

Darley Flying Start graduate creates big impression with broodmare-focused trading partnership Avesta Bloodstock is a name the Australian thoroughbred industry is about to hear a lot more about, but the man behind the business has not suddenly appeared on the scene and he has been quietly acquiring a significant bloodstock portfolio heavily leveraged towards broodmares.... Read More