Morton looking past Super Smink’s horror draw Last-start Asian Beau Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) winner Super Smink (Super One) has been handed barrier 18 in her bid for a first elite-level win in Saturday’s Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Ascot, but her trainer Dan Morton still believes the mare can win. After a frustrating... Read More

On the one hand, Jasmin Rouge (Dundeel) is a horse who’s confounded some old rules of thumb and has already exceeded expectations. She cost only $70,000 at Melbourne Premier as an underdeveloped yearling and is one of Dundeel’s fillies, who are supposed to be inferior to his male offspring. In contrast, one horse who fits... Read More

Vinery Stud’s Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) has already enjoyed a stake success as a stallion and he was provided with a brilliant result at Karaka on Wednesday when Magus Equine bought a gelding by the stallion for NZ$550,000. Catalogued as Lot 122, the gelding, who was the sole offering by the sire at the sale,... Read More

In the lead up to the NZB Ready To Run Sale, Riversley Park’s Sam Beatson made no secret of the regard in which he held Lot 79, a son of Proisir (Choisir), and he was repaid for his faith in the youngster when Andrew Williams combined with Hong Kong Bloodstock to purchase the gelding for... Read More

A few hours before the seven-figure colt produced fireworks at Karaka, it was another son of I Am Invincible who set the standard at the sale after Yuesheng Zhang’s Yulong battled hard to secure the KB Bloodstock-offered youngster for NZ$675,000.  Catalogued as Lot 32, the colt is third foal out of 2016 Manawatu Sires’ Produce... Read More

Juvenile the headline act as records topple at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale Te Akau’s David Ellis described the I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) juvenile out of dual Group 1 winner Shillelagh (Savabeel) ‘the nicest colt he’d seen at the Ready To Run Sale’ and he showed his admiration for the youngster when... Read More