More than US$100 million was spent on breeding stock at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale in Kentucky, an auction which precedes the cross-town Keeneland sale in Lexington.
Vinery Stud has agreed to buy a controlling interest in Bjorn Baker-trained Golden Rose and Caulfield Guineas winner Warwoven, who will stand at the farm on retirement. Breeder Kia Ora Stud, a Vinery shareholder, keeps its interest and the colt is set to race on in the autumn.
For Armidale Stud’s David Whishaw, Needs Further was more than a horse who helped reshape Tasmanian breeding. The stallion's death at 19 has left a family and a farm grieving a close mate and facing the difficult task of finding his successor.
Louis Mihalyka has a longshot chance of winning the Coolmore Stud Stakes, but the Laurel Oak Bloodstock principal believes his Home Affairs three-year-old Marffiano is capable of causing an upset.
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees and Bahen Bloodstock bought once-raced two-year-old French Artist for 95,000 guineas, the top price on the final day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, where Australian buyers took more than 20 lots.
Australian breeder Matthew Sandblom will remain the sole owner of Extreme Choice filly Primetime Emmy when she runs at the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland this weekend after a share in the two-year-old failed to meet the reserve.
Trainer Ciaron Maher's team topped day three of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale with 600,000-guinea juvenile Tyrrhenian Thunder, then paid 375,000 guineas for stayer Organ, who will ship straight to Australia.
Chris Waller says a Coolmore Stud Stakes win could be worth up to $30 million, but Coolmore, Widden and Yulong already own stakes in St Gotthard, The Next Episode and Paradoxium, meaning a Saturday win would reprice existing equity rather than trigger a new stallion sale.
Australian and New Zealand buyers secured eight horses at Newmarket on the second day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, led by the 220,000-guinea purchase of High Degree by Paul Moroney, Catheryne Bruggeman and Armando Duarte.
The Group 1 status of the Victoria Derby could be the biggest casualty yet of a ratings-driven era, but Run The Numbers data questions whether the race's true impact is being measured, or whether certain data is being used to reinforce pre-existing perceptions of the traditional Classic.
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