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Well-performed New Zealand mares have been in demand on the Gold Coast this week. View the full article

It was actually 5 furlongs. First breeze up since the Preakness. He was galloped over a mile and half last Friday.

Le Romain is the latest high-profile defection from Brisbane's premier sprint, the Gr. 1 Stradbroke … View the full article

Frankie Dettori has travelled to Ireland to give his Epsom Derby mount, the Dermot Weld-trained Haza… View the full article

Check this out Curious! https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/227781/justify-effortless-in-sizzling-half-mile-workout

Perhaps however we got close to $250k at that sale for a mare by Shinko King out of a Ligiero mare over 10 years ago! She sold herself on type and race performance.

Yes I thought the price for O'Rachel, a 3 win mare at $550,00 AUD was a good price. Maybe Reefton should aim Consensu at a Brisbane campaign next year to end at the broodmare sales. Going by the O'Rachel result you would think she would sell for north of $1.5m AUD.

Horses trump cows after record Waikato dairy farm sale of $11.1m Horses bred on the Milan Park stud may end up on the race card at the famed Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong. Cows can't foot it with horses when it comes to property prices, as a record sale of $11.1 million for a Cambridge dairy farm has proven. The 92.5 hectare dairy farm has been sold at auction to two horse breeders, Tony Rider of Milan Park Stud, and the Hawkins family who own Wentwood Grange stud. They will split the property in two. PGG Wrightson Real Estate agent Martin Lee said the $11.1 million equated to just short of $120,000 per hectare. "Previously the highest price paid on land and buildings for a Waikato dairy farm was a May 2016 transaction, when a 107-ha Clevedon property changed hands, also for $11.1 million. That equates to around $104,000 per ha, making this sale a clear record for a Waikato dairy farm." Horses trump cows after record Waikato dairy farm sale of $11.1m Horses bred on the Milan Park stud may end up on the race card at the famed Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong. Cows can't foot it with horses when it comes to property prices, as a record sale of $11.1 million for a Cambridge dairy farm has proven. The 92.5 hectare dairy farm has been sold at auction to two horse breeders, Tony Rider of Milan Park Stud, and the Hawkins family who own Wentwood Grange stud. They will split the property in two. PGG Wrightson Real Estate agent Martin Lee said the $11.1 million equated to just short of $120,000 per hectare. "Previously the highest price paid on land and buildings for a Waikato dairy farm was a May 2016 transaction, when a 107-ha Clevedon property changed hands, also for $11.1 million. That equates to around $104,000 per ha, making this sale a clear record for a Waikato dairy farm." The Cambridge area is one of the country's premier horse breeding regions. Lee said there had been a trend of horse breeding steadily pushing out dairying from the Matamata and Cambridge areas over the last 20 years. The farm, situated between Maungatautari Road and the Waikato River, had been in the same family for the past 120 years. Dairy farmers had shown initial interest at the auction, but were not able to match the price paid by the winning bidders. The underbidder was a nursery which grows fruit trees. PGG general manager Peter Newbold said the sale reflected the underlying strength of the rural property market despite challenges currently facing the dairy sector. "Mycoplasma bovis, and changes to overseas ownership regulations, are making decisions around investment in dairy more complex, which is holding that part of the rural property market back as farmers work their way around those issues," Newbold said. Lee downplayed the impact of M.bovis on dairy farm sales, saying the Fonterra $7 per kilogram of milksolids price for farmers this coming season showed dairying was still a healthy sector. - Stuff

Col McKenna has paid A$2.6 million for his favourite horse, buying his partners out of Jameka at the… View the full article

Mick Burles, best known for preparing popular Tasmanian galloper The Cleaner, has called time on his… View the full article

Everest hopeful English has joined slot-holder In Her Time as a non-starter in the Stradbroke Handic… View the full article

Don't worry any Taxinda discussion will be moved to the appropriate forum.

Depends on the outcome. It can be a positive experience.

Rule Number(s): 638(3)(B)(ii)Mr Davidson alleged that Mr McNelis (ADDITUP) used his whip excessively prior to the 100 metres in race 7 the LIST WITH RAY & ALISON KEAN OF SOUTHERN WIDE 2200 metres. Rule 638 (3)(b)(ii) reads: “A Rider shall not strike a horse with a whip in a manner or to an extent which is excessive”. The guidelines ...View the full article

Rule Number(s): 638(1)(d)Mr Davidson alleged that in race 9, the LADIES’ DAY AT WINGATUI ON JUNE 2ND! 1600m, Mr Callaway (OREPUKI LAD) permitted his mount to shift outward near the 300 metres causing COUNTESS RUBY (R Firdhaus) to be placed in restricted room and checked. Mr McLaughlin, Stipendiary Steward, demonstrated on the ...View the full article

Rule Number(s): 631(5); 802(1)Mr Davidson alleged that Mr McAra declared a false start in race 8, the NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE F&M MAIDEN 1400m, when he should not have. Mr Davidson stated that the respondent had incorrectly called a false start by accidentally pushing the false start button. He explained that this was the ...View the full article

Rule Number(s): 869(2)Following the running of Race 2 the “Matt Blair Motors Trot” an Information was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr S Wallis alleging a breach of Rule 869 (2) (a) by Open Horsewoman Ms M Perriton. The Information stated that Ms Perriton used her whip in contravention of the use of whip guidelines. Ms Perriton ...View the full article

Rule Number(s): 869(3)(b)Following the running of Race 1, the Tavern Harewood NZ Amateur Drivers Champs HT 2 Mobile Pace, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S Wallis, against Amateur Driver L Darby, alleging that “Mr Darby drove carelessly near the 400 metres by allowing his horse to shift up the track and make ...View the full article

Rule Number(s): 638(1)(d)Following the running of Race 2, the NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr Balcombe, against Ms Waddell, alleging careless riding in that she angled her mount DESTINY ONE outwards when not her length and another clear resulting in MIDNIGHT POETRY (MR SAM ...View the full article

Heroic Valour has been signed by Queensland’s Raheen Stud for 2018. View the full article

We have propalytic propalytic prophylactic......anyway protection from being shagged.

I believe they are wasting money. Tinkering in fact. I recall posting 11 years ago about the state of the track at Ellerslie on another channel. I took photos when my horse was racing there. Having walked the track it was clearly evident that the turf and soil was stuffed. Drainage and sand slitting yady yady ya won't fix that problem. Look at Te Rapa - worked initially but only a short term fix - now they race on an uneven turf which has large pockets of sand. The irony is the ARC is racing at Te Rapa when there is a perfectly good track 20 mins away to the west!

I actually prefer your inferred swearing rather than the correct spelling. Also don't get too personal with your jibes at the powers that be. For example we have started an interesting conversation with the RIU over TCO2 testing which I know is a favourite subject of yours. We have correspondence from HRNZ where they are intending to align their rules with the direction the RIU has requested.

The versatile Soroc will close out an already successful campaign when he runs at Matamata tomorrow. View the full article

A luckless Queensland winter carnival for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike continued today with the aband… View the full article