Auction house well prepared to overcome challenges of online setting for next month’s two-year-old market New Zealand Bloodstock’s Danny Rolston is adamant both buyers and vendors can defy the challenges presented by the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions in the country, which on Monday forced the auction house to take next month’s Ready To Run Sale online... Read More

$400,000 top price as buyers gravitate to middle and high-end of two-year-old market A domestic buying bench featuring some new and arguably unexpected names prepared to invest heavily at the top-end of the market helped underpin yesterday’s record-breaking Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Sydney, another example of the thirst for Australian bloodstock. The honour of the... Read More

Trent Busuttin would have no hesitation in buying the progeny of first season sires Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) and Hellbent (I Am Invincible) based on his brief exposure to their first crop two-year-olds but it is a juvenile filly by a champion of the breeding barn who he believes holds the edge so far. The... Read More

Tralee Rose books Melbourne Cup start as Melody Belle’s half-brother Tutukaka displays his Derby credentials The loss of stallion Tavistock (Montjeu) as a source of talented middle-distance horses was once again accentuated at Geelong yesterday with the late Cambridge Stud sire producing a legitimate Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) contender in the form of Tralee... Read More

The rapid rise of Incentivise (Shamus Award) hit new heights yesterday, as the Peter Moody-trained gelding proved he was the very best middle distance stayer in Australia with a breathtaking display in the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m).  After breaking well from the widest barrier, Brett Prebble pushed forward on the son of Shamus Award... Read More