Joliestar a possible Everest contender
Untapped filly Joliestar (Zoustar) has emerged as a contender for The Everest (1200m) with her trainer Chris Waller revealing he is keen to give the mare an opportunity to audition for the $20 million feature. The Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner was among a host of stars to step out at the Rosehill barrier... Read More
V’landys yet to receive ‘invite’ to appear at Rosehill inquiry
ATC chair McGauran tables submission in favour of selling Sydney racecourse Under attack Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys, whose long tenure of the state’s regulatory body was questioned at an explosive Upper House parliamentary inquiry on Monday, has revealed he has not yet been asked to front the committee. In an extraordinary opening session... Read More
Something from nothing
Woeful winter weather plus a mechanical fault put paid to four meetings in New Zealand between Wednesday and Saturday. Rain did its damage to the Hastings Wednesday meeting whereas Pukekohe’s Thursday meeting was unable to be held because there were no starting stalls. They were to be transported from Ellerslie the morning of the races... Read More
‘There were definitely conversations as to why I shouldn’t appear at this inquiry’
Explosive claims as parliamentary inquiry into sale of Rosehill gets underway Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse and her Randwick-based Group 1-winning peer John O’Shea have explosively claimed they were pressured not to appear before the Upper House Committee inquiring into the proposed sale of the Sydney racecourse Rosehill. The pair have been strongly opposed to the... Read More
Lim’s Saltoro gives his all to claim final Singapore Derby
Lim’s Saltoro (Shamexpress) did not disappoint his connections and supporters after he fought hard to win the SGP$400,000 Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) on Sunday. History was made for the mighty Lim’s Stable, whose famous blue and yellow star silks dominated the Group races in Singapore over the last few years, trainer Daniel Meagher and jockey... Read More
‘I genuinely feel vendors in this part of the world are very well serviced by the auction houses’
Entries open for Inglis’ 2025 sales season The appetite from breeders to offer yearlings at select sales and the competition for places at Australasia’s premier thoroughbred auctions next year will be as hot as ever, according to Inglis’ Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch. His early assessment of the 2025 yearling market comes as Inglis officially... Read More