Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I never saw Sir Tristram race, but I did see his early crop sons Dalmacia, Sovereign Red, Grosvenor and Gurner’s Lane win races like the Epsom, Caulfield Guineas, VRC Derby, and Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and I was at Rosehill the day when his Brian Mayfield Smith trained, Jim Cassidy ridder Marauding won the Golden […]
For some time now Peter V’Landys has claimed that the thoroughbred breeders are mounting a campaign against him because they want to kill horses. He is right on both counts. There is a campaign against him, and while Big Richie and the big trainers are the cavalry, it’s the breeders who are calling the tune. […]
Bulls**t. You have no idea what you are talking about, the SBSW sons and SL are the most prominent sires in the US but it’s not because a “saturation” of Art Major and BD mares because there isn’t a saturation of those mares in the US, most of the BDs are in Canada where he […]
Aa the old champs Bettors Delight and Art Major begin to fade away into memories and the history books, the new generation of top sires has emerged and is pretty clear. Captain Treacherous, Downbytheseaside, Huntsville, Sweet Lou are certainties, and either Cattlewash or Papi Rob Hanover – both new sires performing spectacularly in the age […]
Story by our friend the great UK racing writer Will Jones, author of The Black Horse is Dying, Greed Corruption Exploitation Injustice We have paused The Black Horse Newsletters to complete the third book in The Black Horse Trilogy. BEHIND EVERY FORTUNE LIES A CRIME will be published in early 2026. Following the first two […]
Cyclone Jeter was a very smart race mare who won 9 from 13 after coming over from New Zealand to the Anton Golino barn, including a victory over subsequent Group 1 winners Maori Time and Sundons Courage. She wasn’t so good at stud though, not for her first three seasons anyway when she missed every […]
It appears that everyone’s favorite debt dodging multiple bankrupt and water thief in a drought Dean Baring (pictured) has run into yet another dry gully, and is being forced to liquidate the horse stock that he owns under his wife’s company name in order to stave off the hungry wolves from Magic Millions, stallion owners […]
Luck’s a fortune in the yearling buying game, as last nights Eureka result proved. There were 11 yearlings sold for $105 000 or more at the 2022 yearling sales. Eureka winner Bay Of Biscay was one of them, topping the Sydney sale at a price of $150 000. That investment has now multiplied many times, […]
Archie, Archie, Archie Love your work but I can’t believe a man of your undoubted wisdom would use the Eureka field to indicate anything other than, as you rightly point out, the concept has been a total failure to promote local stallions. Despite all the hype from HRA’s mouthpiece Adam Ant & co the Eureka […]
For almost two decades now the modern day stallion phenomenon Bettors Delight and Art Major have dominated the national sires lists, with one or the other winning the premiership every year. Nothing lasts forever. Bettors is turning 27 this year and Art Major 26, and with both grand producers fast getting old the day was […]
