Catalogue released for NZB National Weanling Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock has compiled a 150-lot catalogue for its 2024 National Weanling Sale at Karaka on June 20. Buyers will have access to secure the same potential performers with the progeny of established sires Proisir (Choisir), Savabeel (Zabeel), Almanzor (Wootton Bassett), Per Incanto (Street Cry), Sweynesse (Lonhro) and Shocking (Street Cry) on offer, along... Read More
Duncan strikes Darley deal to stand top-class juvenile Ingratiating
Diamond and Golden Slipper-placed colt retired to Western Australia’s Oakland Park Stud High-class sprinter Ingratiating (Frosted), a horse who beat home his champion stablemate Anamoe (Street Boss) in a Blue Diamond (Gr 1, 1200m), before running third in a Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), will take up stud duties at Oakland Park Stud in Western... Read More
Drama in Deauville as Coolmore and Godolphin clash over €2,300,000 Justify colt
Unstoppable force meets immovable object. That is what transpired in sales ring terms at Arqana on Saturday when old foes Coolmore and Godolphin engaged in a prolonged seven-figure bidding bout. A Justify (Scat Daddy) colt presented by Norman Williamson’s Oak Tree Farm was the two-year-old in the crosshairs, and it soon became clear neither party... Read More
“It would mean everything to have two in the top ten”
Yarraman celebrate as Hellbent continues to make his mark at stud Yarraman Park’s stallion parade on Thursday will now take the form of a celebration as the stud toasts confirmation of Hellbent (I Am Invincible) through his second Group 1 winner – and looks ahead to an enduringly successful sireline. After Benedetta (Hellbent) put several... Read More
Yiu joins Hong Kong racing’s 1,000-win club with treble
Ricky Yiu has joined Hong Kong racing’s elite by reaching the 1,000-win milestone to match the feats of the city’s most decorated trainers with Hayday’s (Deep Field) breakthrough success at Sha Tin on Saturday. Among the first intake of apprentices in 1972 into The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School, Yiu took out his... Read More
Coolmore Stakes the plan for Tropicus
Following Tropicus’ impressive debut triumph at Caulfield on Saturday, co-trainer Sam Freedman made no secret of the high regard the stable hold the colt in, revealing next season’s Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) will now be the plan for the son of Too Darn Hot (Dubawi). Ridden by Daniel Moor, the colt defeated Stormbourg... Read More