Agent’s sales ring twist of fate provides ultimate success with late-blooming daughter of Written Tycoon In August, Saturday’s Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Odeum (Written Tycoon) was not even among the initial nominations for the three-year-old feature race and had it not been for a moment of indecision 17 months earlier the filly would... Read More

Woodside Park’s flagship stallion celebrates rare Guineas double as potential sire sons emerge Woodside Park Stud’s Written Tycoon (Iglesia) yesterday became the first horse in almost half a century to produce the winners of both the Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) in the same year as Ole Kirk (3... Read More

Gary West-bred three-year-old well fancied to retain unbeaten record in Spring Champion Stakes The last time breeder Gary West had a three-year-old unbeaten from four starts heading into a top-level 10-furlong feature, the contest produced as controversial a result as the racing world has seen in the modern era. West, with his wife Mary, is... Read More

Interstate trip to do the trick for Thompson’s Group 1-placed Wandjina colt John Thompson has adopted a proven training technique often used by the late Bart Cummings in an attempt to extract the best out of his exciting three-year-old Mamaragan (Wandjina) not only for the Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) but for the longer-term benefit... Read More

‘There’s still new businesses being started in this industry which tends to absorb a lot’ An Australian bloodstock industry tax expert says his clients, ranging from small to high-level thoroughbred investors, are not significantly reigning in their spending and are continuing to buy stock despite an uncertain outlook for the 2021 sales and beyond. Paul... Read More