James Harron secures opening session top lot in what was a brilliant pinhook result for Bell River Thoroughbreds A colt by the brilliant yet sub-fertile stallion Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) set a new record for an Inglis Classic Yearling Sale yesterday, selling for $775,000 during a stunning opening day of trade in which... Read More

Cythera’s impressive debut win in yesterday’s Lonhro Plate (Listed, 1000m) at Randwick was another feather in the cap for Highgrove Stud breeder Ron Gilbert, if perhaps tinged with sadness. Team Snowden’s two-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) extended an ultra-impressive record for the American-bred mare Gilbert bought from Keeneland in 2012, Helena’s Secret... Read More

Newhaven Park’s John Kelly couldn’t hide his delight – and no small amount of relief – after Xtravagant Star affirmed his faith in the stud’s stallion Xtravagant by taking yesterday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium. Xtravagant, raced by New Zealand’s Te Akau operation, retired to stud at Newhaven in 2017 on the back of two Group... Read More

Tony McEvoy creates history as Seymour Bloodstock-bred and owned two-year-old takes the $2 million feature at Randwick During his racing days, Xtravagant (Pentire) was affectionately nicknamed “sex on hooves” – a reference to his Calvin Klein model looks as well as his excitable pre-race nature – but perhaps the Newhaven Park stallion went some way... Read More

Big numbers on the ground ahead of Inglis’ opening auction of the yearling sale season at Riverside Inglis is poised to maintain the momentum of a buoyant Australian bloodstock market when the Classic Yearling Sale gets underway tomorrow as a deep buying bench gathers in Sydney for the company’s opening auction of 2022. Speculation was... Read More