After being forced to play second fiddle for a lot of the action on Wednesday, Amo Racing’s Kia Joorabchian got back in the thick of the action at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when he outlasted Coolmore to take home a youngster by their star shuttler Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) for 4,300,000gns (approx. AU$8,771,400), making him... Read More

Kia Joorabchian was in no mood to be denied on day one of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, but the Amo Racing man had to give best when running into a bid of 2,900,0000gns from one of the sport’s established superpowers shortly before Wednesday lunchtime. Grangemore Stud presented the yearling in the... Read More

Ever since Tattersalls revealed that Kirsten Rausing would be putting the Frankel (Galileo) sister to Alpinista on the market, industry insiders and bloodstock aficionados have speculated over what such a rare offering might fetch. At 2.11pm on Tuesday the blue-blooded filly entered the packed Park Paddocks auditorium. By 2.15pm we had our answer: 2,500,000gns (approx.... Read More

A quartet of high-class racing prospects who have international targets on their agenda starred at Arqana’s sale on the eve of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m), the most glittering and consequential of weekends for French racing. Fresh from his victory in the Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Gr 2, 1600m)  at Longchamp, Ramadan... Read More

Bidders practically queued up to throw their hat into the ring when Denis Brosnan’s Croom House Stud presented a highly touted Frankel (Galileo) colt on day two of the Goffs Orby Sale. Joseph O’Brien, BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe and US firm Legion Bloodstock all played their hand as the price inched its way through six-figure... Read More