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Popular $475k Ole Kirk filly delivers showstopping end to Great Southern Sale
Saturday preview: Lindsay Park's strong hand aims to break Stradbroke curse
It's G1 Stradbroke Handicap day at Eagle Farm and a jam-packed racecard promises plenty of winter action. After flying blind last start, Torque To Be Sure has his eyes on the prize in the G1 JJ Atkins Plate, and Fawkner Park bids to go back-to-back in the G2 Q22, while Chris Waller brings a four-strong hand to the G1 Tattersall's Tiara preview in the G2 Dane Ripper Stakes. In the main event, can Lindsay Park Racing secure their first Stradbroke?
June 14th 2025
Value Buy: 'We came here to supplement the draft and probably found the headline horse'
At the Inglis Great Southern Sale, TTR AusNZ uncovered a 'value buy' - an opportunity that a shrewd purchaser had snapped up. Bevan Smith and Kilgravin Lodge took the plunge on a quality Toronado son whose pedigree is primed for an update.
June 14th 2025
Close but no cigar, yet... the First Season Sire title is tight
Saturday’s G1 JJ Atkins Plate could prove to be a deciding factor in the Australian Champion First Season Sire title race, with the difference between Ole Kirk and Wootton Bassett less than the first prizemoney on offer, and each of those two stallions represented in the race. Closing the gap won’t make this the closest race in the last decade, but it might get tight with seven stakes races for juveniles left in the season.
June 13th 2025
Last chance for pinhookers to flourish at the 2025 Great Southern Sale
The Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale gets underway this Friday in its new one-day format. With a strong and diverse catalogue on offer, the sale presents opportunities for a wide range of buyers. The Thoroughbred Report spoke with Inglis CEO Sebastian Hutch to get his insights and expectations for the sale, while also analysing some key metrics from this year’s completed weanling sales.
June 13th 2025
‘He was the perfect stallion’: Vale Snitzel
A true titan amongst thoroughbreds left us on Wednesday with the death of Arrowfield Stud's four-time Champion Sire Snitzel. In an exceptional stud career spanning nearly two decades, the G1 Oakleigh Plate winner has cultivated a powerful legacy that has sent deep ripples through Australia's racing landscape.
June 12th 2025
James Cummings is leaving Australia: Why couldn’t we keep him?
Australian racing has just suffered a generational blow with the Hong Kong Jockey Club confirming that James Cummings has been granted a training licence starting in the 2026/27 racing season. Cummings, the youngest trainer in Australian history to reach 50 Group 1 wins, will step away from the game altogether for a year following his departure from Godolphin at the end of this season.
June 12th 2025
Authority on arrival: Duke Of Arrakis has spring written all over him
Winter may be approaching, but Wednesday’s racing delivered a strong mix of quality performances across Australia including a few runners worth keeping an eye on heading into spring. A well-bred colt from the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott yard made an immediate impression on debut at Canterbury, a resuming Zoustar filly from the Chris Waller stable scored stylishly, and Paul Shailer’s standout season with juveniles continued as he prepared a Cool Aza Beel filly to break through for a deserved maiden win.
June 12th 2025
Staphanos leads Novara Park line-up with his fee trimmed to NZ$9000
Novara Park Stud owner Luigi Muollo is pleased with how his resident stallions are performing but has trimmed the fees of his two headline acts, Staphanos and Sweynesse, in response to the current challenges facing the market
June 12th 2025
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