Racing News

So You Think out to silence Debate as Churchill seeks breakthrough

Coolmore Stud hopes today’s accidental Super Saturday at Eagle Farm can be a red letter occasion not just for Queensland racing, but for two of its key stallions chasing some surprising juvenile black type in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m). Shuttler Churchill (Galileo) has a chance for his first Australian stakes winner... Read More

Stage set for Australasia’s star mares to shine at the Gold Coast

Tofane and Away Game the headline acts courted by international buying cast at Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Optimism is high among traders that the booming Australian thoroughbred market will maintain the rage at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, when some of the country’s best breeding prospects will go under... Read More

Black Soil plotting more juvenile success in Queensland

Fresh off the back of Nettuno’s milestone Group 3 win at the Gold Coast the fledgling breeding and racing operation have high hopes for Bezique Black Soil Bloodstock, the fledgling Darling Downs-based breeding and racing operation headed by former Rugby League star Brian Siemsen, will target more juvenile stakes success this season when filly Bezique... Read More

Magic Mazu leads shining day for Arrowfield duo

Maurice’s Everest-bound son wins Doomben 10,000 while Pariah earns maiden first-crop stakes success in Queensland Maurice’s (Screen Hero) rapidly-rising sprinter son Mazu took another giant leap towards the top echelons of the Australian sprinting division with a tough victory in yesterday’s Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, 1200m), as Arrowfield Stud celebrated a jubilant day in rain-soaked... Read More

Verry Elleegant to join Francis Graffard for Europe campaign

Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant (Zed) will join Francis Graffard in France with connections planning an ambitious European campaign which could include running in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m). In a statement released by the 11-time Group 1 winner’s trainer Chris Waller, Verry Elleegant’s ownership group said: “Being part of a... Read More

Pierata leads Aquis roster as stud confirms 17-stallion line-up for 2022 season

Brave Smash, Lean Mean Machine and The Mission all earn increases as Canungra-based operation release fees  Aquis Farm is in the most exciting phase since its founding, according to sales director Jonathan Davies, with the Queensland-based stud preparing for its seventh year through the release of a 17-stallion roster yesterday. Davies, who has been with... Read More