Tattersalls has announced the appointment of Matt Prior to the role of managing director, with fellow associate directors Harvey Bell and Jason Singh being promoted to the Tattersalls board as sales director and marketing director respectively. Tattersalls Ireland board member Tammy O’Brien will also be joining the main Tattersalls board, while Edmond Mahony will continue…
Ballarat-based trainer Thomas Carberry showcased his training expertise Nov. 6 when he saddled up his filly Strictly Business to produce a stellar showing in the VRC Oaks (G1) at Flemington Racecourse, providing the native Irishman with his maiden group 1 success. In the space of just 13 days, the 3-year-old daughter of Grunt has broken…
Ballarat-based trainer Thomas Carberry showcased his training expertise Nov. 6 when he saddled up his filly Strictly Business to produce a stellar showing in the VRC Oaks (G1) at Flemington Racecourse, providing the native Irishman with his maiden group 1 success. In the space of just 13 days, the 3-year-old daughter of Grunt has broken…
As the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale enters Book 3 Nov. 7, there are still plenty of quality bloodlines available to buyers looking for some value. Included among the offerings are mares whose families have received some key updates in recent months. One of those mares is Currane , a 3-year-old daughter of Spendthrift Farm stallion Authentic consigned…
The respective King’s Plate winners from 2023 and 2024, Paramount Prince and Caitlinhergrtness , swing back into racing action in separate CA$150,000 graded stakes races Nov. 8 at Woodbine. A 4-year-old Omaha Beach filly, Caitlinhergrtness cuts back to a sprint in second of the three stakes on the Saturday program, the Bessarabian Stakes, when she faces…
Drexel Hill , runner-up in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), returns to the starting gate for her first race since the Run for the Lillies in the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G2) Nov. 8 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Whit Beckman for Legion Racing, Drexel Hill outran her 32-1 odds in the May 2 Oaks when closing…
The Raging Torrent Syndicate struck early during the Nov. 5 second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, going to $1.3 million for multiple graded stakes-placed Anywho (Hip 290). Paul Curran, bloodstock and racing manager for Yulong Investment’s United Kingdom-based Ace Stud, signed the ticket. KEENOV, Hip 290: Anywho, broodmare, m, 2020, Bolt d’Oro – Fancy…
Owners and agents looking for racing stock continue to be major buyers of weanlings during the ongoing Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, with two $550,000 purchases that topped the Nov. 5 session weanling offerings going to end users. Pinhooker and bloodstock agent Randy Hartley, with Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, bought the first of the two, a filly…
The Raging Torrent Syndicate struck early during the Nov. 5 second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, going to $1.3 million for multiple graded stakes-placed Anywho (Hip 290). She was the sole seven-figure price of the day, and the first seven-figure horse sold during the session since 2022. Paul Curran, bloodstock and racing manager…
The father-son team of Len and Jon Green saw a business opportunity to offer a curated reduction of their broodmare band approaching on the horizon with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementing a permanent 100% bonus depreciation, allowing buyers to write off 100% of a racehorse purchase in the first year of ownership. Through the first two…
