King Of Light’s rapid rise to Perth racing stardom stands as a contradiction to Neven Botica’s patience and pedigree planning, with the three-year-old the Perth businessman part owns putting an unbeaten record on the line in the $1.5 million Northerly Stakes.
A proportion of Australasia’s best-credentialed yearlings will be offered at next year’s Easter sale, with Inglis providing buyers with an early look at what will go under the hammer in late March.
A sibling to the influential Too Darn Hot will be sent to the Hunter Valley next year after Arrowfield paid 1.3 million guineas for a half-sister to the star Darley stallion at Tattersalls in the UK.
The comparisons between Russian Revolution and Snitzel were inevitable after son followed father as a winner of the Oakleigh Plate. It was always a hard act to follow at stud, but as Run The Numbers finds out, the Newgate resident is doing a good job of keeping pace.
Yulong’s UK operation has landed a half-sister to Calandagan on the opening day of the Tattersalls December Mares’ Sale with an international buying bench to the fore at the top-end of the market.
The chairmen of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and Aushorse, Basil Nolan and Antony Thompson, have called on the thoroughbred industry to prioritise solutions over politics and resolve the current uncertainty around the programming of Australia’s black type races.
In today's Rowe On Monday, Libertad delivers on Trilogy vision, Glenn Burrows and his midas touch with future Group 1-producing broodmares and Acrobat off the mark for Coolmore.
Less than 10 months on from the death of the Aga Khan, the legacy of his astute bloodstock judgment has delivered his daughter, Princess Zahra, arguably the greatest year on the track for their horses.
Stuck on the wall of Sebastian Hutch’s office at Inglis are a host of sayings that remind the Inglis Bloodstock CEO of the things that matter most in his job. He talks to Jessica Owers about staying on message and the philosophy which has underpinned his success.
Once an instant VFL premiership star, Noel Carter will chase glory on a different piece of turf, hoping Rope Them In can deliver the Group 1 victory that has eluded his involvement in racing in the Winterbottom Stakes.
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