The Ron Quinton trained Brutal gelding Bryant has chased home some smart horses in his first three starts won by The Playwright, Miss Freelove and Raging Force, so at Warwick Farm on Australia Day he always looked well placed. Sent off a hot favourite in the 1100m maiden at his first run back from a […]

First crop yearlings by Group I ATC Golden Rose winner In The Congo proved popular at the NZB Karaka Book 1 Sale this week with four of them offered and all were sold at an average $252,500. Leading the way for In The Congo was a beautiful chestnut filly from Anaween that made $400,000 for […]

Fleet footed Capitalist colt Profiteer was a brilliant five length winner of the Inglis Millennium back in 2021 earning him a place on the Newgate Farm stallion roster and his first winner Star of Jamaica may be given the chance to follow in his footsteps. Trained by Chris and Corey Munce, Star of Jamaica was […]

A stakes-winner at Sandown on Boxing Day and then down the track at his next start when unplaced, connections elected to ‘roll the dice’ on talented Capitalist sprinter Hedged and give him his shot in the $350,000 Group II MVRC Australia Stakes (1200m) and were well rewarded. Now trained by Gavin Bedggood after starting his […]

Newgate launched a trio of new Group I winning sires at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale last week and all were well received with In The Congo the standout thanks to his star colt from Stolen Jade that sold for $625,000. In The Congo had 12 yearlings in total sell in Book 1 at an […]

James McDonald made the most of a late pick-up ride on Russian Revolution gelding Hawker Hall when he let the gelding rip from a wide barrier to run his rivals ragged in the $250,000 Magic Millions Class 6 Plate (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.   With Jason Collett stood down after a fall […]

A decade after Peter Snowden won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with Capitalist, the champion trainer saddled up the stallion’s four year-old son King Of Roseau to win the $2 million Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.   King Of Roseau fought tenaciously over the final 100m to hold off the […]

Local trainer Paul Shailer turned $36,000 into $300,000 in less than a minute when speedy filly Toorak Jewel made a statement in $500,000 The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions The Debut Plate (1000m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. An astute purchase by Mike Crooks out of Raheen Stud’s Book 2 draft at last year’s […]

He’s a three-quarter brother to undefeated superstar Autumn Glow and won the Group I ATC Golden Rose beating Anamoe, so it was no surprise when In the Congo made a splash at Magic Millions on Friday to deliver a colt that sold for $625,000.   Consigned by Newgate Farm, the colt from Stolen Jade was […]

With two stakes-winners on his resume already, Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside couldn’t be doing much more and Sledmere Stud were well rewarded when they sold one of his fillies at Magic Millions on Friday for $750,000.   The highest price at this sale for her sire, the powerful chestnut is the first living […]