Steve Grant gave a cheer for the Southern Highlands after his Silverdale Farm smashed through the million dollar mark yesterday. Silverdale brought up a personal best when their Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) – Sense Of Hite (Street Sense) filly fetched $850,000 in the morning when sold to a group including Ciaron Maher Bloodstock.  A hundred lots... Read More

Darley shuttler Harry Angel represents the first major addition of Dark Angel (Acclamation) blood into Australia. It’s a sireline that ties back to Northern Dancer (Nearctic) through Group 2 winner and better stallion Acclamation and high-class juvenile Royal Applause (Waajib), a four-length winner of the 1995 Middle Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f). Harry Angel, a... Read More

Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm was due for the turn of a friendly card.  In May, 2020, principal James O’Brien lost his father Kevin, the breeding heavyweight who’d built a business in caravan parts, including supplying the Jayco line of the man who nudged him towards horses, Gerry Ryan.  Covid hit, the future was unclear, and for... Read More

Wagga-based former Texan Brett Bradley was celebrating after shattering a personal best when his Zoustar (Northern Meteor) half-brother to Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) sold for $800,000. The colt, bred by Bradley’s boutique Arlington Park Racing and reared at Kitchwin Hills, was knocked down to Melbourne syndicators Mark Player and Rob Roulston as the Magic Millions... Read More

Trainer Gerald Ryan and prominent owners Hermitage Thoroughbreds are all too familiar with the on-track ability of first season sires Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) and The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice). Ryan prepared the former to four Group 1 triumphs, while the Chris Waller-trained The Autumn Sun carried the green and red chevroned silks of Hermitage to... Read More