Year: 2022

Bloodstock agent Andrew Williams. Photo: Trish Dunell Sydney-based bloodstock agent Andrew Williams continued a productive few days at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale when he went to $550,000 to secure Lot 307, a colt by Hellbent presented by Kilgravin Lodge deep into the final session of the two-day sale. “I thought he was one of the standout horses of the sale,” Williams said. “He is a particularly fast looking horse and I have got a lot of time for the stallion Hellbent. “This horse is very well…

Lot 258, the Capitalist colt out of Group Three performer Sebrina, was purchased out of Regal Farm’s draft by bloodstock agent John Foote for $625,000. Photo: Trish Dunell Hong Kong’s strong presence continued to be felt on the second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run sale on Thursday. Lot 258, the Capitalist colt out of Group Three performer Sebrina, has joined the list of purchases destined for the Asian racing jurisdiction after he was secured by bloodstock agent John Foote for Hong Kong trainer David Hall for $625,000.…

Lot 231 was purchased out of Riversley Park’s draft by bloodstock agent Andrew Williams for $460,000. Photo: Trish Dunell Bloodstock agent Andrew Williams has been searching Australasia’s two-year-old sales for a Deep Field colt and found his pick at Karaka on Thursday. Lot 231, the colt out of Ra Ra Epic, a half-sister to multiple Group One winner Incentivise and three-quarter sister to Waikato Stud stallion Ardrossan, had previously impressed Williams as a yearling in Australia but he came up short as underbidder when he was secured by Riversley Park…

Darwin trainer Jason Manning and partner Vanessa Arnott, who is also one of the more experienced jockeys in the Northern Territory, are all smiles after celebrating a win at Fannie Bay. He only has two runners at Fannie Bay on Saturday, but Darwin trainer Jason Manning has every right to be optimistic when assessing the hopes of Noir De Rue and Kirakat. Noir De Rue, third in the 2021 Darwin Cup (2050m) before backing up to finish fourth in the 2022 edition in August, lines up in the Sky Racing…

Private Eye claims victory in the 2022 Nature Strip Stakes at Rosehill Gardens. Despite Private Eye finishing seventh in the Champions Mile, Joe Pride believes the sky is the limit for his talented galloper when he makes his return to racing next year. The Warwick Farm-based trainer was delighted with the five-year-old’s preparation, which ended with the mile feature at Flemington on November 5. It wasn’t the end to his campaign that he hoped for, but brilliant wins in the Nature Strip Stakes and Gilgai Stakes, bookending a second-place finish…