Bren O'Brien

Rosemont Stud has continued the trend of service fee reductions across the board, while introducing Snitzel’s son Doull to its five-strong Victorian roster.

A Racing Australia board meeting will consider the next steps for The Pattern, the system of black-type racing which has remained stagnant in Australia for the past five years.

Zoustar has joined Extreme Choice and I Am Invincible as Australia’s highest-priced stallions on service fee with Widden raising his 2024 fee to $275,000

The brutal nature of racing politics in Australia of late speaks to the importance of principal racing authorities and racing clubs having both a strong, independent board and a knowledgeable and accountable executive, writes Bren O’Brien.

Swettenham Stud has kept the fees on all but one existing stallion on its roster at the same level as 2023, with Toronado the headliner at $88,000.

The Autumn Sun’s historic trifecta in the Australasian Oaks puts him right in the mix with the two other standout racehorses of his stallion crop, Trapeze Artist and Justify, in the battle for second-season honours.

A colt by in-demand Newgate sire Tassort topped the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale in Sydney as the average, median and aggregate fell on what it was in 2023.