The first challenge was putting together an ownership group for American Eagle after he was passed in at the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Eighteen months and two wins later, his connections have a far better challenge: deciding whether the unbeaten Too Darn Hot colt heads towards the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes or G1 Caulfield Guineas.

‘A fantastic problem to have’: Deciding unbeaten American Eagle’s next step

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Leading Kiwi trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson had another stellar season in 2025/26, and they look to repeat the same effort this season with a host of new faces in the stable. In today's Stable Tour, Bergerson offers insight to the spring plans for some of the stable stars and who he thinks will carry the tangerine and blue flag amongst the up and comers.

Stable Tours: Drops Of God the one to watch for Walker and Bergerson

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Part 7: Olly Tait: Attracting more high end investors

Part 6: Jo McKinnon: Why good Thoroughbreds get a bad name

Part 5: Vin Cox: How do we turn a party-goer into a racing fan?

Part 4: Kingsley Bartholomew: The one customer racing cannot afford to lose

Part 3: Meta Osborne: The horse has no seat at the table

Part 2: Henry Field: Racing must look beyond wagering to fund its future

Part 1: Troy Corstens: The room racing never built

Duncan Ramage agrees with Olly Tait that redistribution of prizemoney can help grow investment into ownership. In TTR’s problems-and-solutions series, Ramage argues that the redistribution of prizemoney isn’t about taking from the top to prop up the bottom. It’s about making the whole journey more cost-effective.

Duncan Ramage: Redistribution of prizemoney can encourage ownership

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With five Grade 1 races on the card at Saratoga, it was trainer Chad Brown who won two of them with Ways And Means and Fully Subscribe. The headline act of the G1 Travers Stakes went to Brad Cox-trained Leading Change, while Ron Moquett won the Forego with Hymn and Cherie DeVaux’s Englishman was impressive in the Jerkens.

International News: Leading Change wins the Travers for Wathnan

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Successful New Zealand trainer Bev Kelso died on Saturday following a short illness. Co-trainer with husband Ken, they were renowned as good trainers of fillies with the likes of Legarto, Levante, and Bounding. Current star Alabama Lass will run in next Saturday’s G1 Proisir Plate.

Vale Bev Kelso

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