Widespread rain welcomed despite risk of rich Inglis Millennium being called off Inglis’ Riverside Stables was wet, the $2 million Inglis Millennium is in extreme danger of being postponed and buyers and vendors were yesterday trying to stay dry, but no one was complaining. The widespread rain, which has fallen in vast parts of New... Read More

I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) only dual stakes-winning juvenile I Am Immortal will stand at Swettenham Stud later this year, but not before the Anthony Freedman-trained colt embarks on a Group 1 autumn mission aimed at enhancing his record. The three-year-old returned from a spell with a first-up second in last week’s W J Adams... Read More

Moroney hopes son of Redoute’s Choice can stand in New Zealand but is conscious  money talks  Paul Moroney, who identified yesterday’s impressive C F Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) as a yearling, believes the three-year-old is the stallion prospect New Zealand desperately needs. But the bloodstock agent admits Alabama Express,... Read More

Leading trainer Tony McEvoy has thrown his support, vocally and financially, behind a thoroughbred industry-led taskforce that has been established to develop a national equine welfare strategy. Former Victorian Premier Dr Denis Napthine will chair the Independent Working Group (IWG), which has been put together by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA), the Australian Trainers’ Association (ATA)... Read More

Sam, assistant trainer to his father Anthony, looks ahead to an important weekend of runners as the stable continues to produce high-class prospects  A Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), TJ Smith Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and VRC Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) would be an impressive Group 1 four-timer for... Read More