Dear Breeder, Release in respect to HENDRA VIRUS PROTOCOLS The HTBA has been asked by the following stallion farms to alert breeders to a vaccination policy change with regards to HeV (Hendra Virus); Arrowfield Kitchwin Hills Aquis Newgate Coolmore Vinery Darley Yarraman Park Kingstar                     The […]

Astute trainer Liam Birchley produced a smart winner for Australian Horse of the Year Dissident on Saturday with Allo Allo scoring at the Gold Coast. Showing the benefit of recent racing, Allo Allo took up the lead and was strong to the line to win the 1400 metre maiden by half a neck in a […]

Leading South Australian trainer Phillip Stokes already has one brilliant filly by Sizzling in Sizzlefly and appears to have another with That Girl racing to an impressive debut win at Morphettville on Saturday. The two year-old jumped from the outside gate in the field of six and settled at the back of the field before […]

Newgate young guns Capitalist, Extreme Choice and Winning Rupert all had six figure sales at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale this week. Golden Slipper winner Capitalist sired five weanlings that averaged $100,600, Blue Diamond winner Extreme Choice had three weanlings average $90,667 and record breaking sprinter Winning Rupert had six weanlings average $54,000. Burnewang […]

Victoria is the home state of champion sire Written Tycoon, so it only seemed fitting that his burgeoning sire sons Capitalist and Winning Rupert should make a big splash on the first day of the Inglis Great Southern Sale on Sunday. Burnewang North had a great result with their Capitalist colt from Feeling Positive that […]

Speedy Dissident filly Yitai Synergy scored her second win with a brilliant front-running effort at Muswellbrook on Sunday. The Peter and Paul Snowden trained filly cast off maiden status two starts ago at Kembla before striking heavy ground when unplaced at Randwick. She rebounded quickly in the open 900 metre juvenile event, zooming through to […]

Quality Dissident colt Disruptor scored a well-deserved dominant win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday for a happy group of Darby Racing owners. Prepared by Gary Portelli, Disruptor was second to subsequent Group II winner Anaheed when making his debut in the $125,000 ATC Victory Vein Plate back in October and was then sent for a […]

After exploding on the scene with an eight and a quarter length romp over 1050 metres at Morphettville in January, the Phillip Stokes-trained Sizzlefly will be given her chance at the Melbourne spring carnival after she kept her record perfect with a dominant performance over 1000 metres at Mornington on Monday. Given a confident ride […]

Sent off a short-priced favourite to make a winning career debut in a two-year-old handicap over 1250 metres at Taree on Friday, the Clare Cunningham-trained Big Parade gave his supporters little cause for concern. After being caught wide early, Corey Brown had the son of Deep Field loping along sweetly behind the leaders Rumpshaker and […]

Switched to Melbourne after two midfield finishes in Sydney metropolitan races, promising two year-old Dissident gelding Pancho relished the heavy ground and hit the line hard to break his maiden at Sandown on Wednesday. Stepping out to 1400 metres, Pancho was strong to the line to win by a short head becoming the fifth first […]