Waikato bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo thrives in New Zealand’s fast-moving trading market, with his instinct for a thoroughbred’s potential making the Doomben Cup more than just a two-horse race.
Dane Robinson will diversify his Magic Millions role from bloodstock to include property as James Hetherington steps up to fill the role of bloodstock sales manager at the Gold Coast-based sales company.
Nearly $300,000 in prize money earned by promising three-year-old Navy Pilot remains frozen and his ownership status unclear, despite racing and breeding entity Brookdale Racing having a minor victory at the Victorian Racing Tribunal earlier this week.
The future of Australia’s black-type calendar, and the status of a host of Group 1 races, is set to be discussed at a crucial meeting in July, but those involved in advising the Asian Pattern Committee, have been forbidden from any public discussion over their deliberations.
In Rowe On Monday this week, Blake Ryan explains the importance of Queen Regent's Woodlands Stakes win, Katie Page-Harvey spotted at the Scone Cup as Magic Millions partnership takes shape and the resilience of prominent breeder Bruce Neill.
A diverse catalogue of 430 lots featuring the progeny of more than 100 stallions will headline next month’s Great Southern Weanling Sale at Oaklands Junction.
Coolmore’s $5.6 million Chairman’s Sale knockout over Yulong for Chayan again highlighted the immense buying power driving Australia’s elite broodmare market, but breeders insist competition for top-end bloodstock remains broader and deeper than perceptions suggest.
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