Tal Nolen, who educated and sold Saturday’s Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) winner Top Knight (Zoustar) and topped last year’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale with a $525,000 No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) colt, will return to the Gold Coast in November with a select draft of horses for the breeze-up sale. The Victorian trainer... Read More

Industry identities call on governing bodies to embrace phasing out the whip A prominent breeder, a leading international owner and a former champion jockey have all urged authorities to embrace Racing Victoria’s contentious proposal to ban jockeys from using the whip in order to ensure the industry is able to retain the governance of the... Read More

Juveniles to step out in barrier trials and jump outs as build up to October races continues They don’t pay you for winning barrier trials, but a lot can hinge on the early season results for the heavily invested studmasters who have two-year-olds by their unproven young stallions hitting the track as the latest breeding... Read More

Field heaps praise on partner after Baffert colt causes Churchill Downs upset Henry Field has lauded the “extraordinary” Gavin Murphy, an under-the-radar country boy from central Queensland who prefers to keep a low profile, for the Australian investor’s role in S F Bloodstock’s second Kentucky Derby (Gr 1, 1m2f) victory in three years.  The remarkable... Read More

Sydney’s leading trainer still rises to the top, taking an interstate Group 2 double as he pays tribute to Rick Worthington  The spring’s sprint racing action began exactly as it did last autumn when South Australian star Gytrash (Lope De Vega) upstaged the world’s highest-rated sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) with a decisive victory in the... Read More