Trainer Yoshito Yahagi and jockey Damian Lane combined to give Japan a first Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) win last year with Lys Gracieux (Heart’s Cry), but on Sunday, they will be in opposing corners as they tackle the world’s richest and most heavily-bet Classic, the Tokyo Yushun (Gr 1, 2400m). The Derby (Gr 1,... Read More

The Osarus Breeze-Up Sale broke new ground on Wednesday by staging what was essentially Europe’s first bloodstock online auction, with each of the 63 lots offered sequentially in absentia.  The sale, originally due to be held in a physical format at La Teste on April 8 and 9, was forced to reschedule due to coronavirus... Read More

2 g Night Of Thunder – Tortoni by Strategic O: Mr O P Tait, Mrs J G Nivison B: Mr O P Tait T: Patrick Payne W: 2YO Maiden Plate, 1200m, May 27, Sale The Tait family’s red colours with a white cap have graced racetracks right across Australia for almost a century and have... Read More

Kings Shield (Scat Daddy) put his rivals to the sword with a routing run to victory in the Class 2 Egret Handicap (1650m) on the Sha Tin dirt on Wednesday. The former British-trained import has given his handler Frankie Lor a puzzle to crack, though. The 90-rated galloper will climb high in the handicap for... Read More

Following the temporary suspension of equine exports last week due to a positive case of equine piroplasmosis, NZB Airfreight is confident that travel will resume shortly with increased testing and pre-export protocols. The single case of the tick-borne protozoal disease was detected by the Ministry of Primary Industries and grounded flights just two weeks following... Read More

French 2000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Olmedo (Declaration Of War), who is by the same sire as this season’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Vow And Declare and Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) victor Warning, will spearhead Aquis Farm’s Queensland stallion roster this year. The champion two-year-old son of Declaration Of War (War... Read More