Battlefield Graduates Leading Third Crop sire Choisir notched his 9th stakes winner for the season, with the exciting Ascot Handicap (LR) winner Battlefield now likely to tackle the Grafton Ramornie, before being targeted at a Melbourne spring campaign.
Breakthrough For Falcon Brother Leica Larrikin, a younger brother to top class stayer Leica Falcon, clearly relished the step up to 1600m when coming with a barnstorming finish to break his maiden status in the Slickpix Silver Bowl Series Final at Flemington today.
Oaks Plans For Impressive Filly Trainer Paul Messara will give promising Charge Forward filly Savoia the opportunity to emulate her dam next season, with a long range Oaks plan.
Golden Rose Target For Payne Trained Colt More Than Great will be set for the million dollar Golden Rose after an outstanding win in the Sydney City Toyota Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill today.
Hong Kong Season Snapshot Racing in Hong Kong concluded for the current season with the staging of Wednesday night's Happy Valley meeting. For the record, New Zealand provided more individual winners in Hong Kong than any other nation.
Stage Set For Puttanesca In American Oaks The stage is set for New Zealand filly Puttanesca (Bertolini) and big-race Australian jockey Glen Boss to pit their wares against America's best on Sunday.
Kiwis Signal Hong Kong Intentions Two extra smart New Zealand Bloodstock graduates signalled their intentions for next season with terrific victories at Sha Tin on the last day of Hong Kong's racing season.
This is only marginally up on the $206,000 from the previous season, but still less than the figure of $221,000 in 2006-07.
The Median has gone up however, with this this season coming in at $150,000, compared to $130,000 and $140,000 in the previous two years.
We had 53 individual G1 winners in Australia this year, including 12 multiple winners.
Of those, 15 did not go to sale.
Of the other 38, three - Pompeii Ruler, All Silent and Whobegotyou - were passed in through the ring, whil...
The curtain came down on the 2008-09 Group 1 races when Commands' daughter Russeting won the Winter Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Commands stood for $66,000 last season and that victory took the tally to 24 (36%) wins for progeny of stallions in the $60K+ plus bracket.
In total, 67 Group 1 races were run in Australia this season, with 53 individual winners, including 12 multiple winners, highlighted by Niconero (Danzero) and Theseo (Danewin), who won three G1's each.
The num...
David Chester Audio Interview Magic Millions Managing Director reflects on the overnight Royal Ascot success of Perth graduate Scenic Blast and results from MM sales in 2009. He also reveals his opinion that the market has hit “rock bottom” this year and expects the recovery to start in 2010.
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Battlefield Graduates
Leading Third Crop sire Choisir notched his 9th stakes winner for the season, with the exciting Ascot Handicap (LR) winner Battlefield now likely to tackle the Grafton Ramornie, before being targeted at a Melbourne spring campaign. 
More Than Great will be set for the million dollar Golden Rose after an outstanding win in the Sydney City Toyota Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill today.
Racing in Hong Kong concluded for the current season with the staging of Wednesday night's Happy Valley meeting. For the record, New Zealand provided more individual winners in Hong Kong than any other nation. 
David Chester Audio Interview
Magic Millions Managing Director reflects on the overnight Royal Ascot success of Perth graduate Scenic Blast and results from MM sales in 2009. He also reveals his opinion that the market has hit “rock bottom” this year and expects the recovery to start in 2010.
The cost of buying a Group 1 winner that raced in Australia over the past season...
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Prix du Jockey-Club hero Le Havre suffered a tendon injury when winning the Fren...
Rahy, sire of Fantastic Light, has been retired from stud duty by Three Chimneys...
