Playing God colt realises $330,000 as local buyers dominate during red-hot Book 1 session of Magic Millions sale  A colt by Playing God (Blackfriars) put a late West Australian stamp on Book 1 of the Perth Magic Millions sale as the nation’s rampant yearling boom continued unabated yesterday, snatching top billing as the fifth-last lot... Read More

Mainland demand sees Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale become the latest to hit new benchmark figures  A $150,000 Toronado (High Chaparral) filly, the highest-priced horse sold at yesterday’s Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale, will head to Queensland as mainland trainers and agents dominated the buying bench at the island state’s annual auction.  Continuing the trend... Read More

Ultra-talented performer Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) snapped a 17–year drought for three-year-old colts in yesterday’s Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m), with the Chris Waller-trained entire defying the odds stacked against him to etch his name into the history books with a brave victory in the Flemington Group 1.  The drama started the... Read More

Silver Slipper fancies Cythera and Ebhaar likely to be spelled after Rosehill Group 2 rather than chase Golden glory Trainer Peter Snowden has sprung a major surprise as Sydney’s two-year-old scene heats up by revealing his Silver Slipper (Gr 2, 1100m) chances Cythera and Ebhaar will most likely spell after tomorrow’s race rather than continue... Read More

Sprinter Irish Songs to carry Cardy’s maroon and white silks down the Flemington straight  Of all the races being run around Australia on Saturday, a Benchmark 84 (1200m) at Flemington is not the first that will spring to mind, not when one of the best runnings of the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m)... Read More