Socks Nation
You’ve got to love a bit of excitement, even over-excitement, in racing. It’s what the industry is based on, after all. When Ciaron Maher won the 2020 Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) with Sir Dragonet (Camelot), in one of the great post-race interviews, he famously thanked his sisters. “I’ve gotta give my mum and dad... Read More
Christmas comes early for Team Snowden as a pair of well-related juveniles break the ice
Peter and Paul Snowden unearthed two bright prospects at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday in the shape of I Found You and Braveheart, two well-related 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale graduates by Yarraman Park Stud’s two-time champion stallion I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit). Ridden by James McDonald, I Found You kicked off the impressive double for... Read More
Zoustar worth $78 million after share sells for $1.3 million
The share in Widden’s headline stallion Zoustar (Northern Meteor) was billed as a rare opportunity and it lived up to the hype on Wednesday as it became the most expensive stallion share ever sold at public auction in Australia when realising a sale-high of $1.3 million on the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale. The... Read More
GREAT SOUTHERN OPPORTUNITY
The date of Inglis’ Great Southern Sale is expected to help drive demand for weanlings over the next two days, but the selectivity that is increasingly evident in the bloodstock market is predicted to remain at Oaklands Junction. More than $35 million has been spent on foals so far year – firstly the Inglis Australian... Read More
Classic contender Sparking Plenty joins Goffs London Sale line-up
Last-start Prix de Sandringham (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Sparkling Plenty (Kingman) is among the 21 lots catalogued for the Goffs London Sale which will take place at Kensington Palace Gardens on Monday, the eve of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting. The daughter of Kingman (Invincible Spirit) is a sister to 2022 Jersey Stakes (Gr 3,... Read More
Unraced Written Scandal impresses in Rosehill trial
There were eight heats won by juveniles at the trials conducted on Rosehill on Tuesday with three unraced two-year-olds landing their respective events. The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained She Conquers, an unraced filly by Kingstar Farm-based Unite And Conquer (Hinchinbrook), finished second in her first public barrier trial at Rosehill on May 24. She... Read More