Bruce and Vicki Edward established Durham Park in 2006 and in this year’s Nutrien Melbourne Yearling Sale they have a draft of 11 – five fillies, five colts and one gelding. Three of the fillies are described by Bruce Edward as stunners and among the best yearlings he has ever presented for sale. Coming from…
Denis and Jo Howe from Mataranka Park Standardbreds take particular pride in producing quality stock for yearling sales and will offer seven lots at the 2024 Nutrien Sydney Sale on March 10th. There is an important point about the Mataranka draft in that a number of the mares with yearlings in the sale have 2yos…
Star New Zealand gelding We Walk By Faith is heading back to his country of birth and is expected to start in a heat of the NSW Derby on March 2nd for trainers Mark and Nathan Purdon. The $200,000 Group One final of the NSW Derby is set down for Miracle Mile night on March…
The Karaka session of the 2024 New Zealand National Standardbred Yearling Sale was headlined when the first foal from the former Australian and New Zealand 2yo Pacer of the Year Our Princess Tiffany went under the hammer on Sunday. The filly, by Captaintreacherous, was sold to Canterbury trainer Mark Jones for $270,000 after a spirited…
On Wednesday night at Bathurst trainer/driver Bernie Hewitt produced the unraced 3yo Novanta Rising and the Betting Line gelding coasted home a comfortable winner rating 1:57.5 for the 1730 metres. Novanta Rising started very short in betting markets at $1.22 on the back of five straight wins in trials at Bathurst since the start of…
Cobbitty Equine Farm may be situated in New South Wales but they have strong ties to Queensland and this weekend they will offer three yearlings at the Sunshine Stars Yearling Sale. Luke McCarthy, a son of Queensland legend John McCarthy, and his wife Belinda established Cobbitty in 2011 and in 2021 they stood seven stallions…
Benstud Standardbreds have Standardbred breeding properties in both Victoria and New South Wales and a pair of their NSW Benstud prepared yearlings will go under the auctioneers hammer at the Sunshine Stars Sale this weekend. The first of the Benstud offering is Lot 37 which is a colt by the well-performed first-season sire Bettors Wish…
While King Charles has been in the spotlight this week due to his health, this weekend the focus at coming weekend turns to a Monarch of a different kind. Margaret Donohoe and her team at Monarch Farm are offering three yearlings at the 2024 Sunshine Stars Yearling Sale. The first of the Monarch Farm draft…
Over the past 12 years Bettors Delight has established himself as the king of Australia’s sires topping the Australian Sires List each of those 12 seasons. That trend shows no sign of stopping as his Australian-bred sons Leap To Fame and Max Delight finished first and third in the $500,000 Hunter Cup at Melton last…
Every so often pedigree followers find a mare who has provided inspiration to owners in the naming of their offspring and there is no better example of this than Lot 47 in this weekend’s Sunshine Stars Yearling Sale. Being offered by Gayle Garrard, Lot 47 is a filly by Wishing Stone out of the unraced…
