Polarising Racing Victoria chief executive quits
Racing Victoria will soon be on the hunt for a new CEO to serve under likely new chairman Gillon McLachlan after the end of Andrew Jones’s brief and controversial tenure, in which his “appetite for change” was said to be greater than that of the industry itself. Jones, the former cricket and netball administrator appointed... Read More
My Xanadu (AUS)
3 f Fastnet Rock – Lights Of Heaven by Zabeel O: Mrs J Wanless B: Mrs J Wanless T: Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman W: Roderick Insurance Maiden Plate, 1212m, April 24, Geelong My Xanadu (Fastnet Rock) made a winning start to her career when taking out a maiden over 1212 metres at Geelong on... Read More
Victorians set to battle in The Showdown
The Victorian Owners and Breeders day will be held at Caulfield on Saturday – the $1 million The Showdown (1200m) for Victorian-sired two-year-olds the headline act – but will it be the last time the meeting is conducted in its current format? I’d say so, with the meeting losing its stature being run the week... Read More
Element Hill properties on the market
Queensland’s renowned Element Hill Stud properties where Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) and Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy (Red Ransom) were raised are officially on the market. The 64-hectare Element Hill Stud property and neighbouring Hutchins family owned 186-hectare Allawah farm at Innisplain in the booming growth corridor near Beaudesert in... Read More
Benbatl to stand for $22,000 in first southern hemisphere season
New recruit Benbatl, a son of the breed-shaping Dubawi (Dubai Millennium), will spearhead the Woodside Park Stud stallion roster and will stand for an introductory fee of $22,000 (all fees inc GST), adding depth to the Vobis-focused line-up of six sires. Shalaa (Invincible Spirit), himself the sire of 20 metropolitan winners since the start of... Read More
Rare stallion prospect Mo’unga storms into Newhaven Park
Son of Savabeel to stand at $27,500 in his first season at the Kellys stud Mo’unga, the first multiple Group 1-winning son of New Zealand’s eight-time champion sire Savabeel (Zabeel) to retire to stud, will join the Newhaven Park stallion ranks in 2024. The Winx Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) and Rosehill Guineas (Gr 1, 2000m)... Read More