Widden Stud’s exciting first-season sires Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) and Written By (Written Tycoon) posted their best sale ring performances at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yesterday, once again highlighting the buying bench’s confidence in this year’s crop of new stallions.  Having purchased a pair of fillies by the son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice)... Read More

Breeder Luke Wilkinson – the man who picked out Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) as a yearling – had some deserved good fortune when his colt by Newgate’s boom stallion sold for $600,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yesterday.  Wilkinson, who bought Extreme Choice from Inglis Classic for $100,000, sourced an... Read More

With a presence and a strut drawn straight from his incredible father – and his four white socks to boot – what is believed to be the only Frankel (Galileo) colt to be offered at public auction in Australia this year commandeered the ring, and justified Rosemont’s ambitious play in breeding him.  Moving like a... Read More

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