Yulong secures Legarto for $2.8 million

Five-time Group One winner Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) has been purchased by Yulong Investments for A$2.8 million at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale. By Proisir, out of the Towkay mare Geordie Girl, Legarto was sold as a yearling by Highline Thoroughbreds at Karaka for $90,000

The Cossack embarking on new career with McDougal

Retired superstar jumper The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) is enjoying the next phase of his career as a sporthorse, fittingly with former co-trainer Corrina McDougal. The Mastercraftsman 12-year-old, known as ‘Crafty’, was a cult horse of the jumping scene, winning a total of 19 races - 15 of those over fences

HK winners keep flowing for Highview sire

The hot run of form from Wrote’s progeny has continued in Hong Kong with the Highview stallion represented by a winning double at Sha Tin on Sunday. He sired the first two winners on the program with the David Hall-trained Flying Amani (NZ) (Wrote) and Jimmy Ting’s Come

Bellatrix Star set to shine at Caulfield

Group One performer Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) has been plagued by issues over the last 18 months, but she will make her much-anticipated return to the track at Caulfield on Saturday. The Fortuna Syndication-raced mare’s career was nearly cut short in January last year when she fractured vertebrae in

Million-dollar jumper returning home for career swansong

Quality jumper Leaderboard (Street Cry) is set to return to New Zealand where he will have his career swansong in the Signature Homes Waikato Steeplechase (3900m) at Te Rapa on June 13. The rising 12-year-old has been a standout over fences in Australia over the last couple of seasons for

Jimmy set to end his autumn drought

The Gr.1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) shares Group One status on Saturday with the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) and it looms as a final chance for quality sprinter Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) to get on the board this campaign. A winner of 11 of his 27 starts, Jimmysstar has

Zambardo’s chance to step up at Rosehill

Zambardo (NZ) (Belardo) did not make it to the race that was pencilled in as his Group One target this preparation, but co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr remains optimistic he can land a big payday this campaign. Last year's Gr.1 Champions Stakes (2000m) runner-up will get the chance

Vale Buzz Leggett

I am saddened by the passing of my uncle and childhood hero, former jockey and trainer Raymond James (Buzz) Leggett, aged 83. It was Buzz's notable Great Northern Hurdles-Steeplechase double over the 1965 Queen's Birthday weekend on Smoke Ring (pictured) which piqued my and brother Mike&

Changing of the guard at Wood's Cambridge barn

Chris Wood may have lost two of his stable flagbearers in That’s Gold (Lucky Vega) and Canheroc (NZ) (El Roca), but he is hoping two recent stable additions in Sassy Lass (NZ) (Staphanos) and Son Of Sun (NZ) (Tavistock) can be worthy replacements. The Cambridge horseman has enjoyed a

Vale Bob Autridge

The racing industry has lost one of its most colourful characters with the recent passing of Bob Autridge, aged 85. The patriarch of the Autridge family, Bob was a successful amateur jockey and accomplished trainer, and he passed his passion on to his sons Stephen and Toby, who forged their

Vale Colin Thompson

The New Zealand thoroughbred industry is mourning the loss of highly respected Waikato identity Colin Thompson who passed away at the weekend aged 97. Thompson was a leading veterinarian for decades, breeder and owner and with late wife Irene, their son John and his wife Colleen and Alan Galbraith established

Waller ramps up Joliestar’s Royal Ascot assault

Champion trainer Chris Waller will this week ramp up Joliestar’s (Zoustar) assault on the Gr.1 The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot on June 20, with the five-time Group One heroine to contest a jumpout down the straight at Flemington on Friday. Joliestar hasn’t