The first sale of the year for French auction house Arqana, the February Mixed Sale on Wednesday was topped by an interesting weanling filly by Newgate Farm’s outstanding sire Extreme Choice. Well bred imported More Than Ready mare Grey Queen (USA) arrived in Australia in 2020 in foal to Lope de Vega and the resulting […]

As the dust settles from the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale this week there was a notable success story in the value sire sector of the market with our own Cosmic Force achieving 100% clearance with an average $105,909 off just an $11,000 fee. Cosmic Force had an exceptionally good sale with 11 yearlings offered and […]

A $255,000 weanling purchase in Australia that was then sold for $500,000 at Karaka Book 1 by Kaha Nui Farm, good looking Deep Field gelding Field of Play might have been bought with Hong Kong in mind, but after winning the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday that plan has […]

Trained by Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, two year-old Capitalist colt Steel Knight was a hot favourite in the juvenile event at Canberra on Friday and duly got the cash beating the Godolphin blueblood Too Darn Hot (GB) colt Barbarossa from four time Group I winner Guelph. Steel Knight was having his second start after […]

Capitalist had a select group of five yearlings to be offered at the NZB National Yearling Sale Book 1 this week at Karaka and all were sold in the first two sessions to give him 100% clearance and an average of $238,000. Top seller for Capitalist at $460,000 was the Wentwood Grange consigned colt from […]

Newgate Farm’s first season sire Wild Ruler made a splash at the NZB National Yearling Sale Book 1 on Monday when the Windsor Park Stud consigned colt from Stay Smart (USA) sold for $380,000, which is the second highest price so far for a first season sire. Purchased by Ellerslie Lodge / B Heys, the […]

The top lot at the Inglis Digital (January) Online Sale was Fashion Faux Pas (USA), who was offered by Newgate on behalf of the James Harron Bloodstock broodmare partnership in foal to Snitzel. Fashion Faux Pas was sold to Coolmore’s Justin Carey for $1.15million. Coolmore purchased a Snitzel yearling colt out of Fashion Faux Pas […]

The TAB Racing Club could be in for an exciting couple of months with their juvenile filly In Haste, with the daughter of Snitzel set to tackle some stakes assignments following her dominant win at Matamata on Wednesday. Lining up in a field of five in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m), In Haste […]

Lloyd Kennewell and Lucy Yeomans will be hoping for a brilliant performance from their star filly Invincible Woman in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Friday night, but in the meantime they produced another speedy two year-old filly in Bliss Bomb to win at Seymour on Thursday. Third on debut at Morphettville on Boxing Day […]

The second highest priced horse on the final day of Magic Millions Book 2 was a powerhouse bay colt by Tiger of Malay that sold for $165,000 on Monday. Consigned by Bowness Stud, the colt is the first foal of young winning Shamus Award mare Streets of Suemori and was knocked down to Campton Racing. […]