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Locals look to cash in at Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale
Westspeed bonuses offer big lure for buyers to be active at latest Australasian yearling auction The attraction for Western Australian trainers and owners to target their local sale, rather than chancing their arm at the competitive eastern state auctions en masse, had already started well before this year, but that parochialism is expected to be... Read More
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Serious accusations of surrogate mares being used by prominent breeder
Dam of Nature Strip and Miss Andretti allegedly involved in embryo transfer scheme An investigation into explosive allegations of illegal artificial insemination and the use of surrogate mares at a Group 1-producing Victorian farm, contravening the Australian Stud Book rules, has been welcomed by the national and state breeding bodies. Ultra Thoroughbreds, owned by Sean... Read More
Group 3 winner Zou Dancer relishing relaxed Geelong lifestyle
Australian Guineas likely goal for Bennett Racing’s rapidly improving Zoustar filly If Zou Dancer (Zoustar) makes it to Group 1 level, and she could sooner rather than later, Victorian breaker Brad Pearson and Geelong-based Irish track rider Niall Phillips can take plenty of the credit for helping turn the obviously talented but troublesome filly into... Read More
Kah drives Nature Strip back into Group 1 winner’s circle
Extreme Choice colt Stay Inside emerges as genuine Golden Slipper contender for the Freedmans Gifted horsewoman Jamie Kah arrived on the world stage as a jockey yesterday when she steered the sometimes troublesome Nature Strip (Nicconi) to victory in the Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) at Flemington. A highly accomplished equestrian with Olympic aspirations, Kah... Read More
Shadwell to relinquish Australian interests
Golden opportunity looms for buyers as Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned stock to sell unreserved in coming months After 36 years of heavy investment and involvement in Australia, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Shadwell Stud will disband its thoroughbred holdings in the region. The shock news was delivered in an official statement by the organisation... Read More
Homebred Enthaar leads ambitious plans for Emirates Park
Lootah family planning to once again stand a number of stallions at its historic base in the Hunter Valley The iconic Emirates Park brand has been enjoying a resurgence of late with Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite Enthaar (Written Tycoon) its latest trailblazer on Australian racetracks... Read More