Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In a major coup for their fast rising Cobbitty Farm breeding operation, Luke and Belinda McCarthy have in the past few days announced that their Western Sydney stud has secured the southern hemisphere rights to two of the hottest young sires in North America, the on track superstars Cannibal and Confederate, the latter last season’s […]
The average price per lot in Sydney at $31 570 was a vast improvement on the Gold Coast and Melbourne sales, and really lays down the gauntlet to their rival Nutrien, whose southern sales are still to come. The clearance rate for the sale was 68.87%, comparable with other sales here and across the ditch. […]
It was only a few years back that the leading stud Alabar paid a reputed $2 million to secure the southern hemisphere stallion rights to Ride High, the then boom pacer who had won just a single Group 1. The plan of course was to turn the super fast pacer into a super sire. It […]
Everyone in racing knows Godolphin, the richest operation running around, owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the sixth wealthiest person in the world with assets worth somewhere between 14 and 18 billion (thousand million) dollars. With that sort of cash in his vault the Sheikh is the last person on earth that you’d […]
A major scandal has erupted at the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in Christchurch involving a yearling, a leading breeder, a prominent South Island trainer, the biggest owner in New Zealand, and a mendacious dummy bid strategy to scheme him. The leading owner is Steve Stockman, the proprietor of Stonewall Stud (pictured sitting exactly where the […]
Buyer at sales of either equine racing breed should take firm notice of what O’Brien has to say, for he knows. Double check your shortlist buyers at Christchurch today. Make sure that your selections match the Irish genius’s criteria. Summing up his views on breeding, O’Brien says: “When you train horses and work with them […]
Have you ever seen a more magnificent looking animal than Justify in your life? I doubt that you ever could. In this interview with the Racing Post extracted below, Aidan O’Brien is discussing the great sires that Coolmore have had over the years. First he talks about the legends Danehill, Storm Cat, Galileo, and Desert […]
The New Zealand standardbred yearling sales kick off today at Karaka and it shapes to be a cracker, with a catalogue filled full of quality bred, well-related youngsters from beginning to end. What’s striking about it otherwise is that there are only 7 stallions out of 13 with entries in the sale that have sired […]
The Annebel Neasham trained 2yo colt Deputize that ran 2nd last in a Maiden on the kenso at Randwick yesterday was bought by Aquis Farm owner, president and top dog Justin Fung for $500 000 at last year’s Magic Millions yearling sale. On its pair of poor performances on the track to date it’s not […]
With post-sale purchases now included, the numbers from the APG Gold Coast sale a couple of weeks ago have changed markedly since I last looked and wrote about it. The clearance rate has risen from being in the low to middle 50’s up to a much more impressive 66.27%. Sadly however the average sale price […]
