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Extreme Choice quartet gives National Sale rare pulling power
A very good buy: Vantorix and his dam prove success can come with small price tags
Richard McClenahan spent $30,000 to buy Miss Loren in 2020, and six years later, the mare has returned that number tenfold in the sales ring and produced two Group winners. The same price purchased her son Vantorix, the first stakes winner for Captivant and proof that there's no single mould to make a star.
May 19th 2026
Hong Kong Review: Lui sets trainer’s battle alight with treble
Francis Lui’s treble at Sha Tin launched him within four wins of the top of the Trainer’s Premiership table in Hong Kong as the battle at the top heats up. Jamie Richards had a double with two unlikely horses on a comeback.
May 19th 2026
International News: Embroidery is Japan’s new queen
Admire Mars mare Embroidery marched to her third Group 1 victory in Sunday night’s G1 Victoria Mile, and now holds an entry for the G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. In Europe, Havana Anna and Victorious put up their hands for Royal Ascot with group wins at Naas.
May 19th 2026
Lady Of Camelot: the mare money may not be able to buy
Few fillies have ever retired to stud with a Golden Slipper, elite 3-year-old form and a blue-chip international family behind them. Lady Of Camelot now does, making her potentially one of the most valuable broodmare prospects to ever retire in Australasia. Go Bloodstock would love to keep her, but they are not closing the door on the market.
May 18th 2026
Don’t buy a horse on hope: How pinhookers use data for profit
Pinhooking is not just buying a weanling and hoping it improves. The best operators are buying future market confidence - reading type, timing, vendor patterns and stallion sentiment before the rest of the market catches up. TTR spoke to several successful pinhookers about the information they actually use before bidding on a weanling.
May 18th 2026
Inglis Great Southern Sale grows to two days
A strong catalogue of 430 lots has seen the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale for 2026 return to a two-day sale. It will be held at their Oaklands Junction sales complex on Thursday, June 11 and Friday, June 12.
May 18th 2026
International News: Napoleon Solo dominates Preakness
The Preakness Stakes went to the only Grade 1 winner in the field, Napoleon Solo, while in Europe Notable Speech returned with a stunning victory in the G1 Lockinge Stakes to record his fifth Group 1 victory.
May 18th 2026
Saturday Summary: Rothfire rolls back the years in emotional Doomben 10,000 triumph
8-year-old warrior Rothfire produced an emotional Group 1 triumph in the Doomben 10,000, headlining a huge Saturday that also featured classy wins from Tuileries, Kilman, Cigar Flick and the fast-finishing Miss Freelove across Queensland and Scone.
May 17th 2026
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