The numbers tell the story and it is clear that world events of 2020 have touched the New Zealand horseracing and breeding scene in a major way. Apart from the 2016 edition of the annual NZB Ready to Run Sale, which attracted 552 lots, the normal participation rate is around the 400 to 450 mark.... Read More

Sirileo Miss (AUS) 3 f Pride Of Dubai – She’s Sirius by Galileo O: Mr S W Wilde, Mrs L M Bryant, Mr G M Bryant, Mrs C M Douglas, Forty-One Fullbacks, Mr T J Wilson, Mrs S L Wilson, Mr W D Douglas, Armsville, Mr G W O’Meara, Mr S S O’Meara, Mr G... Read More

Momentum continued into Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, with the top price being the $500,000 (approx. AUD$688,725) paid by Coteau Grove Farms/Cary Bloodstock for the broodmare Contributing (Medaglia D’Oro), in foal to Speightstown (Gone West). Second-top lot was the $435,000 (approx. AUD$599,200) given from Baccari Bloodstock for a weanling colt... Read More

Karis Teetan sparkled with a midweek treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday, which took him to joint-second place in the jockeys’ championship and maintained the early season pressure on the ‘big two’ of Zac Purton and Joao Moreira. “It’s going well, you always appreciate the support and days like this, I just need to put... Read More

We all know the definition of insanity as stated by Albert Einstein: Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.  Yet with all due respect to the man, mentioned in dispatches as being no midweek maiden above the shoulders, doing the same thing repeatedly and seeing the same result isn’t necessarily a... Read More

As the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale moved into Book 2 after a one-day Book 1 that saw eight horses sell for US$1 million or more, the seven-figure glass ceiling proved elusive during the Tuesday session. With vendors and buyers taking advantage of another stunning fall day in Central Kentucky, trade continued at a measured... Read More