Breeding and Bloodstock

University of Hong Kong researchers are collaborating with bloodstock agent John Foote to develop technology to help assess yearlings and racehorses

The Blue Diamond credentials of Redders, a son of Vinery Stud’s Star Turn, will be put under the microscope when he makes a highly anticipated debut for Danny O’Brien at Sandown.

Stakes-winning broodmare Fashion Faux Pas could be covered by northern hemisphere champion City Of Troy if he shuttles to Coolmore Australia in 2025 after selling online for $1.15 million.

Syndication firms are successfully tapping into the middle level of the yearling sale market, with the affordability and value which underpinned their purchases on the Gold Coast expected to be a theme for the rest of the year.

Magic Millions has released its catalogue for the 2025 Adelaide Yearling Sale with the progeny of 13 first-season sires figuring among 455 yearlings on offer.

Wodeton may be a clear favourite for the Golden Slipper, but his 63-day path from debut to Rosehill glory would be the equal fourth fastest for a Slipper winner in the past 25 years. Run The Numbers looks at how a similar formula has been followed by recent winners Shinzo and Stay Inside.

In this week’s edition of Rowe On Monday, Tim Rowe chats to Bruce Elkington about the racing interests of the late Alan Green, to Kosi Kawakami about a Flemington upset and probes the possibility of a boom in the racing industry in Thailand.