Racing News

Boyle’s eye for a bargain put to the test again with Impending trip to Sydney

Scone trainer’s $6,500 gelding set to take on bluebloods in Group 3 Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday Not afraid to throw his horses into the deep end, soon-to-be retired miner Allan Boyle’s bargain basement buy Mellencamp (Impending) is set to take on an array of expensive Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) hopefuls in Saturday’s... Read More

Creighton’s promising Capitalist filly I’mlovin’Ya to step out in Blue Diamond Preview

United Syndications-bred juvenile latest to hit the track out of stakes winner Loveyamadly Long-time Melbourne syndicator Peter Creighton has ridden the highs and lows of the racing and breeding game with Loveyamadly (Bel Esprit) and despite the trials and tribulations the partnership of owners behind the stakes-winning mare have remained united. Already the group have... Read More

Heirs to Iffraaj make juvenile statements that influential sire line is here to stay

Former shuttler’s son Ribchester lands first Australian blow while Dynastic flies Almanzor flag in Karaka Million The New Zealand breeding landscape has undergone a seismic change in recent years as the industry reels from the losses of several prominent stallions across the country.  While the final yearlings by the late Tavistock (Montjeu) were sold earlier... Read More

“It was a great result for the stallion and Cambridge Stud”

During his time in the northern hemisphere, Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) calls Haras D’Etreham in Normandy home and Nicolas De Chambure – executive director of the French nursery – was delighted with Dynastic’s win in the Karaka Million 2YO yesterday, believing it to be just reward for Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s heavy investment... Read More

Almanzor on the board in style in Karaka Million

Dynastic gives Jamie Richards a sixth consecutive win in the $1 million feature at Ellerslie By Andrew Hawkins From the day it was first announced in 2018 that three-time Group 1 winner Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) would shuttle to Cambridge Stud the expectations have been high that he could prove a gamechanger for the New Zealand... Read More

Syndicators adapt to steep rise in price of bloodstock

Amidst the celebration and lauding of another exceptionally strong sale at last week’s extraordinary Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, one that sets the trend and tone for yearling sales to come across a frenetic six-month period, any industry which possesses a market contested by buyers and sellers is assumed to run on the premise... Read More