Breeding and Bloodstock

The selling of yearlings on the Gold Coast on the Saturday night following the Magic Millions race day will not take place in 2025, with the company deciding to condense the main book of the sale into four days next year.

Last season’s Australian Oaks winner Autumn Angel will be offered for sale via Inglis Digital next Tuesday following a career-ending tendon injury on the eve of her racecourse comeback.

In his weekly Monday column, senior journalist Tim Rowe examines the major trends and news stories from the bloodstock and breeding industries, through the prism of the week’s racing.

If Monday’s first set of major two-year-old barrier trials at Randwick are any guide, Ole Kirk is set to make a major mark with his first crop on the track.

Lynward Park Stud principal Troy van Heemst, whose family is synonymous with racing in Western Australia, has stepped up as the new president of the state’s peak thoroughbred breeders’ body.

For a small commercial breeding operation such as Fernrigg Farm it’s difficult to take time off at this time of year, even for a couple of days. But Hunter Valley-based Rae-Louise Kelly isn’t missing Wanaruah’s race in Melbourne on Saturday.

In an announcement months in the making, Andy Makiv has been named the new managing director of Godolphin Australia. The Straight's Tim Rowe sat down with Makiv to discuss his journey to leading the Australian branch of one of the world’s largest thoroughbred operations.