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Link to Share Poland may not be Phar Lap yet - or most likely ever - but trainer Michael Moroney believes his distant relation to the equine legend has improved sufficiently to challenge for Group 1 honours at Flemington on Saturday. Moroney intends to accept with Poland for the $1 million G1 Kennedy Australian Guineas (1600m). Polands ninth dam, Fortunes Wheel, was the older sister of Phar Lap and was the first foal of Phar Laps dam Entreaty. Phar Lap won 13 races as a three-year-old and Polan...

Link to Share Numbers were down slightly on last years key indicators, but New Zealand Bloodstock was pleased with the results from Day 1 at Karaka. The 131 lots sold on Sunday grossed NZ$17,047,500 at an average of NZ$130,134 with a clearance rate of 73 per cent. The 2020 sale sold horses at 79 per cent, at an average of NZ$138,698, but given this is the first sale since 1928 at which there has been no international representation owing to COVID-19, NZB Managing Director Andrew Seabrook consid...

Share Paying homage: The hooves of the great Seabiscuit were preserved for all time by being turned into ashtrays – becoming a glamorous fashion statement and conversation piece There was a time when the greatest tribute owners could pay to their favourite racehorses was to preserve their hooves - and sometimes other parts of their anatomy - as cherished mementoes, often displayed around their homes. Carly Silver reports.   One chilly afternoon in November 2018, I entered a basement stora...

Boulia Races: Australia’s racing-inspired by Oman By: Times News Service You may not have heard of Boulia Races, but the famous Australian meeting has been inspired by Oman and the UAE. That’s because Boulia is the Melbourne Cup of camel racing and takes place deep in the Australian outback every year. When you think of Australian horse racing, the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse, the Caulfield Cup at Caulfield Racecourse and the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse trip off the ton...