“Racehorses are like vegetables. They’re perishable products, and whoever re-stocks their fridge every year is going to have a lot of success.”  It’s something Mark Walker – looking to reload his fridge on the Gold Coast this week – learnt in Singapore.  If it does not sound like eastern mysticism it’s because it came from... Read More

Tasmanian breeder Bart McCulloch has good grounds to be confident his ambitious mission to the Magic Millions sale will go better than his previous bold venture from the Island State to Queensland.  Grenville Stud, the progressive 1100-acre farm south-west of Launceston which runs some 40 broodmares and stands young stallions Stratosphere (Snitzel) and Zululand (Fastnet... Read More

In the same month as the Apple Isle’s star mares Mystic Journey (Needs Further) and Still A Star (Toronado) were retired from the racetrack, Magic Millions released the catalogue for the 2022 Tasmanian Yearling Sale. The 145-lot catalogue features progeny of 52 different stallions, including Australian champion Written Tycoon (Iglesia), Shamus Award (Snitzel), Toronado (High... Read More

One turf starlet after another took to the Park Paddock stage in Tuesday’s headline-making day at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale, and was greeted by an enthusiastic and international buying bench, with no shortage of bidding as 41,912,000gns (approx. AU$44,007,600) changed hands. The day’s highest-pricest lot belonged to Newsells Park Stud and Gestut Ammerland’s homebred... Read More

Australian-based breeder, owner and trainer Jean Dubois will see his stakes-winning, Group 1-placed two-year-old Flotus (Starspangledbanner) head through the Tattersalls sale ring today. The filly, who won the Ripon Champion Two-Years-Old Trophy Stakes (Listed, 6f) and followed with a second in the Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at Newmarket, was signed for by French... Read More