本周的注意力转移到了已有两年历史的澳大利亚销售市场上，昨日在沃里克农场和蒂拉帕举行的下个月魔术百万拍卖会和新西兰血统拍卖会上，各方面都进行了重要的调整，买家正在为下周二的英格里斯拍卖行做准备。 塔姆沃思的托运人梅尔·奥戈曼（Mel O’Gorman）轻轻松松抚养了八岁的两岁孩子，其中包括早晨最快的五个孩子，这是由Arrowfield Stud的日本梭子Mikki Isle（Deep Impact）的第一只小马驹率领的，后者在10.26秒时停止了计时。 “我对他们所有人都很满意。我觉得早上有很多小马驹来，所以我认为它们会运行的很好，并且它们都按照规定运行。” O’Gorman告诉ANZ Bloodstock News。 Classic Unicorn (Per Incanto) sealed a Chris So double with a smart win in Wednesday night’s feature, the Class 2 High Island Handicap (1000m), justifying his handler’s belief that this could be the promising chestnut’s ‘coming-of-age’ campaign. After an unbeaten debut season, the five-year-old mixed... Read More

‘There’s still new businesses being started in this industry which tends to absorb a lot’ An Australian bloodstock industry tax expert says his clients, ranging from small to high-level thoroughbred investors, are not significantly reigning in their spending and are continuing to buy stock despite an uncertain outlook for the 2021 sales and beyond. Paul... Read More

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

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

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

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