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Vinery says farewell to More Than Ready, a stallion who built the Hunter Valley stud

Champion sire heads back to US after 19 consecutive shuttle seasons to Australia Remarkable stallion More Than Ready (Southern Halo) left the Hunter Valley at 4am yesterday for the 19th and final time bound for WinStar Farm in Kentucky on a charter flight, leaving a long-lasting legacy on the Australasian thoroughbred. The Vinery Stud mainstay... Read More

Bumper Premier catalogue released as Victorian sale sticks with March date

Three-day Inglis sale scheduled as big-ticket stallions have strong representation Inglis has remained steadfast in maintaining the March date for its Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale in 2020 despite a push earlier in the year from certain sections of the industry for the Victorian auction to be brought forward. There had been calls from a selection... Read More

Prize-money boost will see two Royal Ascot races worth £1 million in 2020

Royal Ascot will boast not just one but two £1 million/$1,901,970 races for the first time in 2020, with a record £8,095,000/$15,396,500 on offer across the prestigious five-day meeting. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m2f) (from £750,000/$1,426,480) and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) (from £600,000/$1,141,180), will offer seven-figure prize-money in June... Read More

Giant Aethero vies to become first three-year-old to win Hong Kong Sprint

Breeders Tyreel Stud hope the gelding can increase their mare’s impressive record Hong Kong’s latest sprint sensation Aethero (Sebring) was perhaps destined to be a giant – in every sense – of the racetrack even before his race debut at Sha Tin in April this year.  Giant he will be, in performance level as well... Read More

2020 Inglis Preview Magazine released

The two-day Easter sale, to be held on April 7 and 8, features a mouth-watering number of blueblood yearlings including relations to The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice), Sunlight (Zoustar), Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible), More Joyous (More Than Ready), Aethero (Sebring), Kenedna (Not A Single Doubt), Unforgotten (Fastnet Rock) and Lucia Valentina (Savabeel).  “Easter has... Read More

Phoenix fallout not expected to impact on Australian market

Sebastian Hutch believes the Australian market is robust enough to withstand the potential loss of a big-spending Phoenix Thoroughbreds at next year’s yearling sales in the wake of shock allegations the operation’s founder was involved in a money-laundering scheme. Inglis’ general manager of bloodstock sales and marketing says the auction house was keeping a close... Read More