Late drama at Book 1 as Galileo Gold’s half-brother brings 2,700,000gns
There was late drama at the opening session of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday as Oliver St Lawrence secured the Kingman (Invincible Spirit) half-brother to 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) hero Galileo Gold (Paco Boy) for 2,700,000gns (approx. AUD$5 million). The price is the highest sum given for a yearling... Read More
Verry Elleegant
Two academic points spring to mind in an assessment of Verry Elleegant. The most obvious is that the spelling is a tiny bit off. The second, from the mare’s pedigree, suggests the maths don’t quite hit the mark either. The factor that screams “potential champion” in the lineage of the five-year-old, who’ll attempt to become... Read More
Harron lands Libertini for Everest slot
Field floats Roman Consul runner Wild Ruler as another potential big-race player Wild Ruler (Snitzel) could make a left-field bid for the last remaining place in next week’s $15 million Everest (1200m) after it was confirmed last night that the James Harron Bloodstock syndicate had won the battle for brilliant Premiere Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m)... Read More
Feed manufacturer issues apology over contaminated batch
Results of tests on O’Brien Carnival team expected this week Gain Equine Nutrition, the feed manufacturer at the centre of the contamination incident which led to Aidan O’Brien being forced to take his four intended runners out of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m), yesterday issued an unreserved apology to trainers impacted... Read More
High emotion for Floors Stud as Elarqam brother brings 1.1m gns from Godolphin
Frankel colt was bred by the late Duke of Roxburghe High drama was matched by high emotion at Tattersalls yesterday as a Frankel (Galileo) brother to Elarqam bred by the late Duke of Roxburghe became the first seven-figure yearling at this year’s Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale when knocked down to Godolphin’s buying... Read More
Pat Glennon joins our Incomparable Inductees
– The man who rode the arguably incomparable Sea Bird II – Thomas Patrick (Pat) Glennon – (23 August 1927 – 14 February 2004) – had limited international success, measured by numbers alone, compared to his fellow “Incomparables” (the Australian jockeys who had sustained and remarkable success in England, Ireland and France from the 1900s... Read More