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RSN927 PETERS PASSES UP $3.4 MILLION FOR QUEEN May 25, 2021 7:49 pm By Jackson Frantz Gold Coast Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.  The three-time Group 1 winner’s next destination now remains to be seen, as she was passed in for $3.4 million after failing to meet a reserve figure of $4 million set by connections.  The daughter of 2012 Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Bob Peter’s marquee mares to go through the ring this month. She was expected to follow $2.5 million Inglis Chairman...

Past The Wire Search May 19, 2021 The 2020 top-rated European colt, St Mark’s Basilica, began his three year old career with victory in the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) at ParisLongchamp.  The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt finished last season winning the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket, England, in October. Given a rating of 120 at the end of his juvenile campaign, the son of Siyouni was the seventh consecutive winner of th...

Rex Features Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has a fortune estimated as high as £14bn That’s where some of the world’s wealthiest men and women come in – armed with wads of cash praying their fillies, mares, stallions and colts prove to be sound investments, and finish first past the post. But, who are horse racing richest owners? Let’s find out. WERTHEIMER BROTHERS – £19bn STAGGERING £19billion. The private pair, who rarely give interviews, inherited the company from...

Link to Share There was an Australian connection as shuttle stallion Almanzor celebrated his first winner from his first runner at Chantilly on Monday. Faro de San Juan ($2.30 favourite) won the €27,000 (A$41,000) Prix du Soleil de Bretagne (1100m) featuring nine two-year-olds on debut. Trained locally by Francis-Henri Graffard, the colt was prominent throughout for Pierre Charles-Boudot in winning by half a length. South Australian breeder Peter Katelanis owns 40 per cent of Faro de San Juan...

Featured News April 26, 2021  Longtime Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell to Retire; Remain as Consultant Keeneland today announced that internationally respected bloodstock adviser and consignor Tony Lacy will join the company as Vice President of Sales. Officials also announced that longtime Director of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell will retire from his full-time position after 25 years with Keeneland, but will remain in a consulting role through 2021. “Tony possesses a well...

Keeneland Names Lacy Vice President of Sales; Russell To Retire As Director Of Sales Operations Sponsored by: Tony Lacy Keeneland today announced that internationally respected bloodstock adviser and consignor Tony Lacy will join the company as vice president of sales. Officials also announced that longtime director of sales operations Geoffrey Russell will retire from his full-time position after 25 years with Keeneland, but will remain in a consulting role through 2021. “Tony poss...

Past The Wire Search April 22, 2021 Avantage won the ninth Group 1 race of her illustrious career to date with a victory at Te Rapa, New Zealand. The Jamie Richards-trained 5-year-old produced a powerful display in taking the Group 1 NZD$200,000 (US$143,368) Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes over a mile. Avantage, a daughter of Fastnet Rock, and stablemate of the incredible Melody Belle, a winner of 14 Group 1 races, may one day break her more famous stable c...

Link to Share Craig Williams suggested all-the-way two-year-old debut winner Forever And A Day is destined for more success in races over further after winning her 1200-metre maiden at Geelong on Tuesday. The Danny OBrien-trained Forever And A Day ($7.50) ambled to the lead from barrier four of nine in bleak conditions, with Williams controlling affairs from the front, ambling through the early stages before increasing the tempo approaching the home turn. Forever And A Day defeated Godolphins H...

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes: A celebration of great 2,000m WFA horse racing A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size How good will Saturday’s $4 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes be? One only has to go to recall last year’s edition when the English horse Addeybb thrashed Verry Elleegant with the very good Japanese horse Danon Premium third. Share Having been a keen racing enthusias...

IN RUDE WEALTH Richest owners in horse racing, from the secretive Chanel brothers worth £19BILLION to the ruler of Dubai and The Queen Jon Boon Updated: April 9th 2021, 9:56 am IN horse racing there’s tons of money. And it isn’t cheap to run a successful stable and train future winners in the glam sport. Getty Images Rex Features Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has a fortune estimated as high as £14bn That’s where some of the world’s wealthiest men...