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Saturday Preview: Last Group 1 beckons for Manaal as retirement potentially looms
Premiership races heating up as jockeys eye season honours
With just over a month remaining in the 2025/26 Australian racing season, several jockey premierships remain undecided. While some leaders have established commanding advantages, others are locked in enthralling contests that promise to go right down to the wire.
June 27th 2026
National Weanling Sale surges as all key metrics rise at Karaka
Strong demand from a deep domestic and international buying bench fuelled an encouraging edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale, with turnover, average and clearance rate all posting significant gains at Karaka on Thursday.
June 26th 2026
Trilogy’s first Group 1 winner Libertad joins Blue Gum Farm
Trilogy Racing and Blue Gum Farm announced Libertad and Coleman would join the roster for 2026 alongside current stallions Flying Artie and Oxley Road. Libertad will stand his first season at $9900 including GST, while Coleman debuts at $7700.
June 26th 2026
Predicting next season’s Second Season Sire winner
Home Affairs will collect this season’s First Season Sire Championship thanks to G1 Golden Slipper winner Guest House among others. Can we use a stallion’s race record to predict who will be in contention for next season’s Second Season Sire Championship?
June 26th 2026
Wednesday Racing: Omolong dazzles on race day debut at Warwick Farm
A powerful debut from Omolong set the tone for a productive midweek meeting at Warwick Farm, with the 2-year-old Extreme Choice colt announcing himself in style for Chris Waller, while Pin Up Sheila maintained her unbeaten record and Zoufame produced a dominant return to the races to pick up his maiden in style.
June 25th 2026
'There is genuine depth right across the select catalogue': Jones bullish ahead of National Weanling Sale
The countdown to the 2026 New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale is underway, with a compact yet quality catalogue of 114 youngsters (after withdrawals) selling this Thursday 25 June at Karaka.
June 25th 2026
Chaldean's first Southern Hemisphere foals turning heads at Karaka
Two foals from the first crop of Cambridge Stud's dual Group 1-winning shuttler Chaldean will be offered at Thursday's New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale, and their reception has the Cambridge team enthused for what the future holds for the stallion.
June 25th 2026
Skin in the game: New Zealand racing’s biggest investors put an innovative reform plan on the table
A far-reaching plan released to arrest New Zealand racing's decline was released on Wednesday, and it comes from seven of its most powerful breeders, investors and operators. From a pooled property vehicle to tax reform and a single governing body, the report asks whether those who own racing's assets are ready to put them to work for its future.
June 25th 2026
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