Three chosen for FBAA mentorship programme
Three people have been chosen to undertake the Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia’s (FBAA) inaugural mentorship programme. Hannah Anderson, Jarrod Robinson and Rob Moss were on Sunday announced by the FBAA as the first recipients of the specialised mentoring which will see the trio spend time with bloodstock agents at the upcoming Magic Millions National... Read More
San Domenico winner Sweet Ride to stand at Widden
Vieira’s Deep Field entire retired to roster alongside his champion sprinter Trapeze Artist Sweet Ride (Deep Field) will join breeder Antony Thompson’s NSW stallion roster, continuing Widden’s successful affair with the Northern Meteor (Encosta De Lago) sireline. The Bert Vieira-bred and owned sprinter, twice a winner at two who won a San Domenico Stakes (Gr... Read More
Talented filly Lazzura takes the Woodlands Stakes
Arrowfield Stud’s Japanese connection has netted another black type-winner – neatly, in their own sponsored race – after highly promising two-year-old Lazzura (Snitzel) took Saturday’s Arrowfield Woodlands Stakes (Listed, 1100m) at Scone. The Chris Waller-trained filly, bred by John Messara’s stud and sold for $500,000 at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale to B2B... Read More
Bittercreek produces Classic performance at Doomben
On Friday, Victorian buyer Dean Harvey and trainer Troy Corstens expressed hope they’d be repaid for hanging onto their colt Bittercreek (Snitzel) by perhaps seeing him win a Group race later in the Brisbane carnival. On Saturday, the two-year-old paid them back early – and suggested there’d be more rewards to come – with a... Read More
‘Iron mare’ Bella snatches Doomben 10,000 victory
Talented daughter of Pride Of Dubai grabs her second elite-level win in Queensland premier sprint Bella Nipotina proved herself not only a super sprinter but a mare made of iron as she gave her Coolmore sire Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry) another boost ahead of the spring by winning her second elite-level in Saturday’s Doomben... Read More
Inglis Classic sale topper wins Rosehill trial
Annabel Neasham enjoyed a juvenile trial win as Shelstein, an unraced son of Written Tycoon (Iglesia), who topped the 2023 edition of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, landed one of the seven juvenile trials conducted at Rosehill on Friday. The colt hit the line impressively in his 1030-metre trial, coming home 0.1 lengths ahead of... Read More