Last month, Avalon – on Sydney’s Northern Beaches – was in the news for all the wrong reasons as the site of a Covid-19 cluster, but last night, it was Avalon to the fore as Group 1 winner Streets Of Avalon (6 g Magnus – Kamuniak by Black Minnaloushe) scored a first-up victory in the... Read More

Remarque (AUS) 2 c Snitzel – Response by Charge Forward O: Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd, Mr K Yoshida B: Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd T: Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes W: The Agency Real Estate Handicap, 1100m, January 16, Rosehill The hype surrounding Arrowfield Stud’s Remarque (Snitzel) ahead of his debut last Saturday was already immense,... Read More

Long-time Victorian breeder Eric Buttler, who raced and later stood Group 1-winning sprinter  Keltrice (Kenmare) as well as Palace Music (The Minstrel) among others, will close his Rangal Park Stud owing to ill health. Buttler, 81, yesterday revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer, prompting the decision to sell the Euroa property he had... Read More

Overseas buying bench tipped to hold up as key players use expert eyes of domestic contacts for yearling inspections ahead of NZB auction  The international buying bench, the backbone of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale, may be locked out of the country’s biggest thoroughbred auction, but major overseas investors are still largely expected... Read More

Four days out from the much-anticipated return of Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia D’Oro) attempt to post a 12th consecutive triumph, the champion galloper’s trainer Francis Lui continued an excellent season with a Happy Valley treble. Proving adept at opposite ends of the age and potential scale, Lui logged a trio with veteran Winston’s Lad (Churchill Downs),... Read More

You can take aim and do your best, but breeding can be fickle and cruel.  In 2008, Ricky Surace, who’d built a successful Sydney business in the more predictable world of building and construction, took a shot at racing. The first horse he bought into was a Starcraft colt from the Lion Hunter mare Leone... Read More