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Wednesday Racing: Sing Your Song delivers a fine tune at Warwick Farm
The Tron Bolt effect: Newgate backs growth at the Ready2Race Sale
Missing out on buying Group 1 winner Tron Bolt has created a new hunger for Newgate Farm’s Henry Field who has backed the Inglis Ready2Race Sale with a draft of five 2-year-old geldings. He’ll be active in the market as a buyer and vendor, stating that it’s the marketplace with the biggest potential for growth in Australasia.
September 3rd 2026
Stable Tours: Shane Nichols and Hayden Black’s young team takes shape
Shane Nichols and Hayden Black are heading into spring with an exciting young team, led by promising new season 3-year-olds, emerging 2-year-olds that are slowly building and established mares ready to build on encouraging recent form.
September 3rd 2026
Darby Racing splash out for Zebra Finch at Magic Millions Digital
Darby Racing paid $165,000 for in-form Zebra Finch at Wednesday’s Magic Millions Digital Sale. Both the Arrowfield Stud and Godolphin drafts attracted plenty of attention. Monday’s one-off sale of a 10% share in Private Eye values him at $225,000 and has already seen the ownership updated ahead of Saturday’s Group 2 run.
September 3rd 2026
Sectionally Speaking: Guest House could give the Everest a shake
The spring carnival is advancing ever faster, and form analyst Nic Ashman has the latest data on who truly impressed over the first two Group 1 weekends. Beiwacht reeled off a hot finish in the G1 Memsie Stakes, while Guest House picked up exactly where he left off in the autumn.
September 2nd 2026
Stable Tours: McEvoys can't wait for Half Yours' Makybe kickoff
They say once you win, it only makes you want to do it again, and Tony and Calvin McEvoy have plotted out the path to take Half Yours to back to back G1 Melbourne Cups this spring. Calvin McEvoy is the subject for today's Stable Tour and he lays out what other Group 1 goals are on the team's agenda for the carnival.
September 2nd 2026
National Thoroughbred Week welcomes new and returning hosts in 2026
So far, 52 new and returning hosts have been confirmed for National Thoroughbred Week 2026, and there is still time to sign up to take part. Between November 20 and November 30, racing stables, stud farms, vet clinics, and many more will once again throw open their doors to show the public how we really care for the Thoroughbred.
September 2nd 2026
Stable Tours: Meet Lindsay Park’s next wave of spring contenders
G3 Vain Stakes winner Hard Kick is bound for the Listed Poseidon Stakes,, Gin Twist is being prepared for another campaign down the Flemington straight and well-bred colt Carnevale is nearing his first trial. Will Hayes gives us the latest on Lindsay Park’s emerging team.
September 1st 2026
Trickle down economics: how much prizemoney reaches ordinary owners?
In their entries to TTR's problems and solutions series, both Olly Tait and Duncan Ramage recognise that every level of the racing industry benefits from serious investment at the top end. In Part 1, we explore an idea mutually held by Tait and Ramage; to attract and keep high-end investors, we need to make the business of racing far more likely to break even.
September 1st 2026
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