Purchased for just $9000 at the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale, Cool Gent has become the ultimate value buy, rewarding the faith of Adam Barling and his ownership group with black-type success and more than $130,000 in prizemoney.
June 16th 2026
The Australian connection to Royal Ascot grows every year and on day 1, Australians will have Overpass and reigning European Sprinter Of The Year Asfoora to cheer for as they take on the G1 King Charles III Stakes. TTR takes a look at all the Australian influences over the five-day carnival.
June 16th 2026
Jockey Ryan Moore became the first jockey in history to win every English, Irish and French Classic when Diamond Necklace won Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane. In Japan, legendary jockey Yutaka Take won his sixth G1 Takarazuka Kinen on Meisho Tabaru who won the race for the second time. Both winners hold nominations for the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
June 16th 2026
Arion Pedigrees has long been part of the infrastructure behind breeding, racing and sales research in this part of the world. A new agreement with The Jockey Club Information Systems, and a major platform rebuild, now points to a bigger shift: from static pedigree database to global, customisable bloodstock intelligence tool.
June 15th 2026
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