Mithen: Digital sale ‘like speed dating’ as 93 lots sold
Rosemont Stud’s unreserved online sale, which provided the second big test of the new Magic Millions Online system after the Cornerstone reduction earlier this month, closed yesterday with vendor and operator both excited by the results. The Rosemont Exclusive Online Sale rounded out with a gross of over $2.5 million for the 93 lots, with... Read More
Victorian industry debates Caulfield Cup move
Racing Victoria’s executive general manager of racing Greg Carpenter said yesterday that there would likely be a host of changes to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, should the Melbourne Racing Club proposal to move the Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) to the last two Saturdays in November be... Read More
Melody Belle and Probabeel begin build-up to spring
It may not even be winter yet, but top New Zealand gallopers Melody Belle (Commands) and Probabeel (Savabeel) arrived at the Randwick stables of John Thompson yesterday to begin their preparations for the spring. The Group 1-winning pair had been spelling at Lime Country, the Burradoo property of Kiwi expatriates Greg and Jo Griffin, along... Read More
Colette and Camelot to fly Classic flag
While a level of scepticism each year about Australia’s Classic form is understandable, the facts suggest it’s unwarranted and I fancy you dismiss it at your peril in the spring of 2020 – especially if the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups are northern hemisphere visitor-free. The Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) is the race perennially touted... Read More
Second for Contributer
Contributer – Jeronimos (2 c ex Viana by Volksraad) provided Mapperley Stud’s Contributer (High Chaparral) with a second individual winner when taking out a 1200-metre maiden handicap at Newcastle on Saturday. Jeronimos made NZ$250,000 at the Karaka Yearling Sales when sold to Godolphin from the draft of Mapperley Stud; out of Listed winner Viana (Volksraad),... Read More
Moore to send lightly raced Petronius to Queensland
Gary Moore is looking forward to working with his elder brother John for the first time in more than three decades, but the Group 1-winning trainer wants to claim stakes success in his own right with promising three-year-old Petronius (Redoute’s Choice) before the partnership comes to fruition. A last-start Sydney winner, Petronius was scratched from... Read More