20 February 2024
Playing God is the big drawcard at the Perth Magic Millions on Thursday and Friday with 43 yearlings dominating a 352-lot catalogue in the Swan Valley. That represents 60% of his foal crop conceived in 2021 and www.breednet.com.au reports they are poised to play a big...
19 February 2024
Alwyn Park owner John Andrew came back to earth on Monday morning following a weekend to remember during Magic Millions Raceday at Pinjarra and TBWA Awards in the Swan Valley. Saturday’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Big Shots (Sizzling) and Magic Millions 3YO...
18 February 2024
Lynward Park manager Troy van Heemst was busy transporting his yearlings and tack to the Swan Valley on Saturday morning but he wasn’t too occupied to talk about the chances of Bondi Bubbles in the RL Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) at Pinjarra. The David...
16 February 2024
Willow Dale Farm vendor Eva Highley has raised the bar every year at the Perth Magic Millions since a final yearling-sale season in the Hunter Valley back in 2018. Another PB is highly-likely next week with a draft that numbers 18 lots (as agent) for a client list led...
14 February 2024
Western Australian buyers outlaid $1.84 million for 16 yearlings at the Inglis Classic Sale in Sydney this week. Three sessions of trade came to a close on Tuesday with the western bench led by Grant and Alana Williams ($480,000) and Byerley Bloodstock ($400,000)....
14 February 2024
WA-bred millionaire mare Quilista foaled her first winner when Bonita Queen spaced a smart maiden field by four lengths in the Irresistible Pools Hcp (1100m) at Hawkesbury on Tuesday. Bonita Queen was a $550,000 graduate of the 2022 Gold Coast Magic Millions and her...
13 February 2024
Sessions 3yo filly Cessation is the second TBWA Winner of the Week in a row for the Oakland Park stallion following Audio Boy at Bunbury on WA Breeders’ Classic Day. Cessation made a very impressive debut in a 1000m maiden down the straight at Pinjarra on Sunday for...
13 February 2024
Yarradale Stud Manager Davy Hanratty is confident this year’s consignment of 24 yearlings to the Perth Magic Millions is the best since he arrived at Gidgegannup in 2011. The Irish-born horseman has helped prep drafts that have topped turnover four times in the last...
11 February 2024
Golden Kathleen gave Leonardo Da Hinchi a winner with his first runner when she gave her rivals a towelling in the $80,000 Nixon Electrical Plate (1100m) at Bunbury on Saturday. The Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion was unbeaten in late-season juvenile starts at...
9 February 2024
The Inglis February (Early) Digital Sale generated $442,250 in turnover for the Scenic Lodge Dispersal on Wednesday. Scenic Lodge catalogued 46 lots and general manager Jeremy Smith said the process all the way along had been seamless. “We’re absolutely rapt with the...
8 February 2024
Sessions sired a well-timed winning double at Belmont on Wednesday just two weeks out from the Perth Magic Millions Sale. Millstee landed the first-leg in the MacMahon Maiden (1200m) and Boab Boy was the second of five winners on a career-best day for apprentice Madi...
7 February 2024
Mogumber Park stallion Safeguard is gunning for a third WA 2YO sires’ premiership this season and that will give him a head-start leading into the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale this month. Safeguard (Exceed And Excel) claimed the 2YO title as a freshman in...