Australian purchases from English auction houses will step out in Group 1s at Caulfield and Newmarket today Australian buyers are expected to flock to the UK yearling sales this year – virtually, if not in person – with owners seeking to follow a new path to finding staying prospects, a formula that will be tested... Read More

Inside barrier poses Moir concern but connections still rapt with remarkable ride The ownership behind Bella Vella (Commands) is made up of an eclectic group of racing industry professionals and savvy form analysts whose collective minds have helped develop the online sale bargain buy into a valuable Group 1-winning sprinter. The next phase of the... Read More

Brazen Beau colt lands Darley Spring Preview in first payoff of remodelled business Twelve months ago David Moodie, one of Australia’s most successful owner-breeders for at least three decades, was assessing his new season crop of about 30 yearlings when he determined to return to the formula which had been so successful in the 1990s... Read More

Brilliant three-year-old maintains short-priced favouritism for Golden Rose Rob Heathcote was at Doomben yesterday putting a team of horses through their paces in jump–outs and barrier trials, three new season two-year-olds among them, when the acceptances for the Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) were released. The self-taught trainer’s stable star Rothfire (Rothesay), an unfashionably... Read More

Gimcrack and Slipper on radar of Emirates Park’s two-year-old as first season sires make mark Enthaar (Written Tycoon) will be given her chance to provide Emirates Park with its third Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) win after the homebred filly set the benchmark at the official Sydney two-year-old barrier trials yesterday, running the fastest... Read More