Monday’s Goffs London Sale triggered the true beginning of Royal Ascot week, with Australians on the ground in their numbers, including Gai Waterhouse who again came away with a successful purchase at the sale when landing Asian Daze (Frontiersman) for £200,000 (approx. AU$383,360). A three-year-old daughter of Frontiersman (Dubawi), Asian Daze has run ten times... Read More

Last-start Prix de Sandringham (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Sparkling Plenty (Kingman) is among the 21 lots catalogued for the Goffs London Sale which will take place at Kensington Palace Gardens on Monday, the eve of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting.  The daughter of Kingman (Invincible Spirit) is a sister to 2022 Jersey Stakes (Gr 3,... Read More

Those old sages say that lightning never strikes twice but whoever devised that cliche would be eating their words if they were present at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale on Friday as a very familiar electrical storm made its presence felt during a livewire sale, that was building on last year’s record-breaking returns with several... Read More

Unstoppable force meets immovable object. That is what transpired in sales ring terms at Arqana on Saturday when old foes Coolmore and Godolphin engaged in a prolonged seven-figure bidding bout.  A Justify (Scat Daddy) colt presented by Norman Williamson’s Oak Tree Farm was the two-year-old in the crosshairs, and it soon became clear neither party... Read More

Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company saved the best for last during the third session of its Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training on Thursday. A colt by Nyquist (Uncle Mo) (hip 891) consigned by Wavertree Stables, agent, and one of the last horses through the ring, sold for US$550,000 (approx. AU$858,000) to Donato Lanni, agent for... Read More