Date posted December 31, 2010 | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Sales News |
The Inglis Melbourne Premier yearling sale has enjoyed a stellar year, headlined by the World’s top rated sprinters, all three emanated from the Oaklands Sale, and the catalogue for the 2011 renewal is now out and online. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Racing and Breeding,
Sales News |
A select catalogue of over 70 racehorses will go under the hammer at the 2011 Magic Millions Racehorse Sale during January’s famous carnival at the Gold Coast. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Racing and Breeding |
The race is on for a berth in the $1 million Gold Coast Magic Millions Guineas to be run on Magic Millions Raceday, January 15. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Racing and Breeding,
Staff Favourites |
Rory’s Jester (Crown Jester - Rory’s Rocket by Roan Rocket) may have left us in early 2007 (more…)
Date posted December 30, 2010 | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Racing and Breeding |
The very slick fillies Karuta Queen (Not a Single Doubt ex Card Queen by Final Card) and Military Grace (General Nediym ex Searchlights by Belong to Me) lead the order of entry for next month’s $2 million BMW Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Racing and Breeding |
Victoria Racing Club Chief Executive, Mr Dale Monteith, has released the results of a Roy Morgan Research study that examined the characteristics of the Australian audience for the 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup, AFL Grand Final(s) and NRL Grand Final. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Kristen Manning | Filed under
Premium Updates,
Racing and Breeding,
Rakti |
Chatswood Stud’s Rakti was represented by his first Australian winner during December, the promising Sparks Alight recording a strong debut victory at Bendigo. (more…)
Date posted December 29, 2010 | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Press Releases,
Racing and Breeding,
Sales News |
Connections will be in the driver’s seat when the all important barrier draw is conducted for next month’s $2 million BMW Magic Millions 2YO Classic. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Premium Updates,
Racing and Breeding,
Sales News,
Snitzel |
Schiffer booked a ticket north to contest the $2 million BMW Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month with a brilliant on speed win at Randwick on Boxing Day. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Brian Russell | Filed under
Racing and Breeding,
Sales News |
HELEN COUGHLAN, a luminary of Queensland breeding and racing for forty years, found the 2010 Christmas racing more enjoyable through exciting winners at Toowoomba on December 24, Miss Imagica, and at Randwick on Boxing Day, Sincero. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Brian Russell | Filed under
Hidden Dragon,
Premium Updates |
HIDDEN DRAGON, the young Danehill sire at the Kruger’s phenomenal source of winners, the Lyndhurst stud at Warwick, had another boost to the sale appeal of his offspring with two of his first crop 3-year-olds beating older horses in winning at competitive Toowoomba on Christmas eve. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Brian Russell | Filed under
God's Own,
Lucky Owners,
Premium Updates,
Sales News,
Valixir |
THE ability of the annual Hunter breeders yearling sale conducted at Scone each May by Inglis to produce winners was underlined when graduates not only won four of the races on the eight event program at the home track on Monday, but filled the first three places in the juvenile event which opened proceedings. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Brian Russell | Filed under
Feature Pedigree,
Racing and Breeding |
DESPITE the fact she was nicely bred and closely related to Empire Rose, the giant mare who in the spring of 1988 in successive outings at Flemington took out the Mackinnon and the Melbourne Cup, Special Class, the dam of Spechenka, winner at Randwick on Boxing Day of the Group 3 Summer Cup in new 2400m record time, was treated with contempt by breeders. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Don Eduardo,
Feature Stallion,
Premium Updates,
Racing and Breeding |
The feature group one race in New Zealand on Boxing Day at Ellerslie, the $200,000 Zabeel Classic (2000m), (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Brian Russell | Filed under
Husson,
Hussonet,
Premium Updates,
Sales News |
When Arrowfield stud boss John Messara snuck under the noses of leading world breeders seven years ago and plucked the North American bred Mr. Prospector sire Hussonet out of Chile, it is doubtful that he contemplated that he was introducing a spark that could result in a new historic era in Australia. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Kristen Manning | Filed under
Jet Spur,
Premium Updates,
Racing and Breeding,
Show a Heart |
Type and family – lot 774 at the upcoming Magic Millions has it all, the eye-catching bay colt by emerging stallion Jet Spur a must inspect following on from the recent deeds of his talented half brother Handsome Nic. (more…)
Date posted | Posted by
Michele Cullen | Filed under
Premium Updates,
Press Releases,
Racing and Breeding |
Widden Stud have received sad news from the US with Lane’s End Farm reporting the unexpected death on Christmas Eve of their young shuttle sire War Pass (USA), who had just returned to Kentucky from Australia after serving his second season in the southern hemisphere. (more…)
Date posted December 23, 2010 | Posted by
admin | Filed under
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Racing and Breeding,
Redoute's Choice |
Leading Perth owners Bob and Sandra Peters gave champion sire Redoute’s Choice his 69th stakeswinner this evening, when their 4YO mare Tranquility (ex Creatrix by Umatilla) won the $80,000 WATC La Trice Classic 1800m LR. (more…)
Date posted December 21, 2010 | Posted by
Graeme Kelly | Filed under
Quick Questions |
Since its foundation in 1999 the Australian Racing Board – currently chaired by Queensland’s Bob Bentley – has played an increasingly significant role in the industry. (more…)
Date posted December 20, 2010 | Posted by
Andrew Reichard | Filed under
Racing and Breeding,
Rising Star,
Staff Favourites |
The spectacular rise and rise of the Stephen Farley trained gelding Sincero (more…)