Fresh off a couple of very promising trial performances in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday for the Peter and Paul Snowden trained Volpino and the Brent Stanley trained Literate, Foxwedge gelding Vulpini blew away a smart field of juveniles at the Gold Coast on Tuesday morning. Prepared on the track by Melissa Leitch, Vulpini strode […]

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale is the biggest public auction of thoroughbred yearlings in the world and Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire The Factor (USA) more than made his mark when a colt from Aspen Light sold for $600,000 in the Book Two part of the sale. Conceived from a service fee of $15,000, the […]

Outstanding sire War Front topped the sire averages (three or more sold) during Book One of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, while his Newgate Farm based son The Factor (USA) also achieved pleasing results. In the highly competitive market of Book One, The Factor had four yearlings average $US182,500, an amazing effort for a stallion […]

As a half-sister by Redoute’s Choice to champions Black Caviar and All Too Hard, Belle Couture has been making headlines since the day she was born and now it’s her turn to be a Mum! The five year-old daughter of Redoute’s Choice had the honour of topping the 2012 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale when […]

Star Thoroughbreds and Chris Waller combined to produce a smart winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with promising Sebring filly Pioneering, a $90,000 Magic Millions purchase from the draft of Newgate Farm.   The dashing chestnut was a winner on debut at Hawkesbury back in March and has been consistent since then without winning. Fit […]

Golden Slipper dreaming starts right now with the first official two year-old trial of the season at Rosehill on Tuesday morning being won by a first crop son of Newgate Farm’s foundation sire Foxwedge. Prepared by Tony McEvoy and ridden by Hugh Bowman, two year-old colt Chain Shot showed real talent when finding the line […]

JESSICA OWERS visits the burgeoning Newgate Farm in the Hunter Valley and spends some time with its young gun proprietor, who is taking head on the big boys of thoroughbred breeding. On the wide, willowy slopes of the Segenhoe Valley, Deep Field is making a lot of noise. The stretchy, nut-coloured sprinter is a stallion […]

An exciting addition to the Newgate roster this spring, star galloper Dissident was crowned Victorian Racehorse of the Year at that state’s annual awards night where the state’s best achievers were honoured. A four-time Group I winner during the 2014-15 racing season – Dissident achieved three of them in Victoria to claim the state’s highest […]

The Gai Waterhouse stable got one under the guard of punters at Canterbury on Wednesday with an eye-catching victory for talented filly Themis, a $160,000 Magic Millions purchase for Waterhouse and James Harron Bloodstock from the draft of Newgate Farm. The neat bay daughter of Not a Single Doubt had failed to place in two […]

Respected publication Thoroughbred Daily News published some interesting tables highlighting the performance of various sires that have had progeny sell at the first major Northern Hemisphere yearling sales this year with Newgate Farm’s exciting shuttle sire The Factor (USA) riding high. As you can see in the table above, The Factor sits atop the list […]