The Australian breeding industry’s peak body and its marketing arm are working behind the scenes with government authorities as well as encouraging international buyers to participate in the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in a bid to limit the significant negative impact of Covid-19 on the sector. Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) chief executive Tom Reilly... Read More

Team Hawkes is closely mirroring the interstate platform used eight years ago for top-class sprinter-miler All Too Hard (Casino Prince) as the family run stable attempts to go one better in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Sires (registered as ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes) (Gr 1, 1400m) with the stallion’s close relation Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon). The first... Read More

Marie Yoshida is used to the idea that racing is a journey, having travelled from her parents’ farm in northern France, via Australia and Hong Kong to Winchester Farm in Kentucky.  But the unique circumstances of this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale have obliged her to really put her travelling boots on in order... Read More

International Racehorse Transport halts operations due to Covid-19 International Racehorse Transport (IRT) is working with domestic and overseas authorities in a bid to develop protocols that would allow equine flights to restart during the coronavirus pandemic that has seen air travel cease.   Chris Burke, IRT’s managing director, yesterday revealed that the company’s last flight... Read More

Studs to delay stallion rosters and prices due to market uncertainty Stud masters are reviewing service fees and delaying the release of their 2020 rosters due to the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, but a number of breeders believe that a correction in the marketplace will be forced upon those standing stallions after a significant upward... Read More