Great Southern has become a useful barometer for the weanling market, and this year it told two stories at once: the top end is gaining ground, and buyers are still ruthless about where they spend. A record median and stronger gross gave the sale its headline, but the quartile data showed how quickly the market drops away once a foal falls outside the commercial sweet spot.
June 15th 2026
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the daughter of the Shergar's late co-owner, Aga Khan IV, has outlined how the ransom demanded for his safe return was smaller than his syndicated value. Her father also refused to pay as the money would be used to hurt humans.
June 15th 2026
The Hong Kong Trainer’s Premiership continues to be a tight battle with Francis Lui’s treble on Saturday night at Sha Tin launching him into fourth place, only eight wins from the leader Caspar Fownes. Jockey Ethan Brown also celebrated a treble, including a double for legendary trainer John Size.
June 15th 2026
The victors on Saturday had to wade through a Heavy 9 track to claim their wins, and Spicy Martini delivered the thriller of the day in the G1 Stradbroke Handicap. Few were more tenacious than Royal Supremacy's G2 Q22 all the way win, and She's Got Pizzazz now sets her sights on the G1 Tattersalls Tiara.
June 14th 2026
James McDonald knows a thing or two about class, and stuck with the classy Tron Bolt to win the G1 JJ Atkins Plate at Eagle Farm. Cool Gent also prevailed in the wet conditions in the Listed Oxlade Stakes, and a debut win for homebred Old Fashioned has connections excited about the spring.
June 14th 2026
On the second day of the 2026 Inglis Great Southern Sale, the second crop of Horse Of The Year Anamoe were the stars of the show, with the spotlight dominated by the half-sister to Group 1 winners Femminile and Fireball Miss. The filly matched the sale's historic high water mark when selling for $825,000, reflecting the roaring trade on Day 2.
June 13th 2026
Even big wraps on Stormy Marco from his brother-in-law can't get James McDonald off of Tron Bolt ahead of Saturday's G1 JJ Atkins Plate. Meanwhile, Philip Stokes will attempt to reward an old friend with a G1 Stradbroke Handicap win, and Pride Of Jenni is in uncharted waters in the 2200-metre G2 Q22.
June 13th 2026
On Day 2 of the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale, Dave Mee's Pinhook Bloodstock International (FBAA) snapped up a daughter of Coolmore Stud's new recruit Super Seth for $62,500.
June 13th 2026