Australia

After completing his first North American season at stud, Triple Crown winner Justify has arrived at Coolmore’s Australian base to stand the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season as a shuttle stallion, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News’ Australian and New Zealand wing. The son of Scat Daddy was joined on his journey from Coolmore’s Ashford Stud […]

Michael Wrona, one of the world’s top race-callers, has been named the full-time track announcer at Los Alamitos Race Course starting with the opening night of the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred season on Friday, December 27, 2019. Wrona will follow the longtime voice of Los Alamitos Ed Burgart, who is retiring from the announcer’s booth […]

In a deal signed earlier this month, Cornerstone Stud stallion Sir Prancealot will be shuttling from South Australia to Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., commencing with the 2020 breeding season. Bursting onto the scene as champion freshman sire in Europe, Sir Prancealot has quickly grown to become a truly international success story. To […]

Golden Snake, a 23-year-old stallion who was bred by Sheikh Maktoum’s Gainsborough Farm, is loving his retired life. A son of Danzig, the bay left the United States to run at Newmarket before an attempt was made to retire him to the National Stud. With minimal interest shown by breeders, Golden Snake went back into […]

Prominent Australian Thoroughbred owner Damion Flower was arrested on charges of cocaine smuggling, reports abc.net.au. Police are claiming that the drugs were smuggled into Australia on commercial flights from South Africa, and Flower is facing six charges of commercial quantity importation of a controlled drug. Lawyer Chris Watson indicated that Flower would plead not guilty. The […]

The University of Kentucky has reported that the Asian longhorned tick has appeared in the state. An invasive tick from Australia and East Asia, the arachnids have been reported in 10 states and their population is steadily moving northwest. Their rapid rise in numbers is because Asian longhorned tick can reproduce without mating; the female […]

Spendthrift Australia has set service fees for its roster of six stallions for 2019, led by multiple Group 1-winning 2-year-old Bolt d’Oro who will stand his debut season for $13,750 (US$9,588) including Goods and Service Tax. The son of Medaglia d’Oro will shuttle after covering a full book of mares in his first season at […]

Bolt d’Oro (USA), the multiple Group 1-winning millionaire by Medaglia d’Oro and a leading U.S. two-year-old of 2017, will shuttle to Spendthrift Australia to stand the upcoming breeding season. A service fee has been set at $13,750 Inc. GST which will be payable on live foal terms. “Bolt d’Oro will be the highest-profile stallion to […]

The 2019 Southern Hemisphere breeding season will see the arrival in the Hunter Valley of the only undefeated U.S. Triple Crown winner. Justify won each of his six career starts including four at Grade 1 level when becoming just the 13th Triple Crown winner in history. “Justify was a phenomenal racehorse who re-wrote the history […]

Australia’s top two-year-old horses meet at Rosehill Gardens this Friday night for Longines Golden Slipper Day and the AU$3.5 million G1 Golden Slipper Stakes, the world’s richest race for the age group. The G1 George Ryder Stakes will compete for the spotlight as Winx pursues victory in her second-to-last race, while her final race could […]