Deal sees Godolphin’s brilliant juvenile Street Boss colt to make Victoria home High-class juvenile Hanseatic (Street Boss), the short-priced favourite in last year’s Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) on the back of an unbeaten start to his career, will stand at Rosemont Stud in Victoria later this year. Anthony Mithen has negotiated the purchase... Read More

After shifting a plate in track work yesterday top West Australian mare Arcadia Queen (Pierro) will undergo a veterinary examination this morning to determine whether she’s fit to run in tomorrow’s $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley. After yesterday’s mishap at Sutton Grange, a private training property near Bendigo in country Victoria, the... Read More

Multiple Group 1-winning sprinters U S Navy Flag (War Front) and Ten Sovereigns (No Nay Never) will not be returning to Valachi Downs for this year’s breeding season, with the Kevin and Jo Hickman-owned operation announcing a change of direction to focus on their ambitions in becoming a boutique thoroughbred nursery. Coolmore, who raced and... Read More

Glistening (AUS) 2 f Zoustar – Beethog by Shevhog O: James Harron Bloodstock Fillies (Mgr: J Harron), P Fleming, T E Kennedy, G1G Racing & Breeding (Mgr: Mrs T L Vogel, Mrs S Williams, Aston Bloodstock (Mgr: W J Mula), P J Fekete, A G Harvey, M Vukadinovic, Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia (Mgr: K W Maloney),... Read More

Almost five years after debuting at Happy Valley, Irish import Travel Datuk (Holy Roman Empire) shed unwanted status as Hong Kong’s most celebrated maiden by successfully snapping a 48-start losing streak to the bemusement and delight of Richard Gibson and Matthew Poon. Feted as a cult horse – and Facebook hero – after 17 minor... Read More

The sheiks and the sultans will swing their super-sized chequebooks amidst the world’s foremost sales to attain their horseflesh. Other players in this game have to run a little more in the shadows, or box a bit more clever to land their quarry.  This is a pedigree column, so be warned, today’s subject doesn’t really... Read More