The three-time grade 1 winner and American classic-winning son of Quality Road will stand for an introductory fee of $40,000. Source
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Three Chimneys Sets Gun Pilot, Newgate 2025 Fees
Gun Pilot will stand for $17,500, while Newgate will stand for $20,000 at Three Chimneys Farm. Source
Pope Prevails to Get Roses for Debra for $2.4M
Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm landed the top-selling mare during Day 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when she bought multiple graded stakes winner Roses for Debra (Hip 198). The big gray or roan mare is a daughter of Liam’s Map. Source
First Flightline Weanling at Keeneland Brings $500K
J.S. Company went to $500,000 to land the first weanling by 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline to be offered at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale that started Nov. 5. Eaton Sales consigned the colt out of stakes-placed winner Champagne Lady. Source
Mullins seeks triumph in Australia’s Melbourne Cup
Irish trainer Willie Mullins seeks an elusive first Melbourne Cup victory in Australia’s most famous race. Source
Racing greats Michelle Payne and Glenn Boss both agree on which horse will win the Melbourne Cup
Racing greats Michelle Payne and Glenn Boss both agree on which horse has the potential to blow the rest of the field away in this year’s Melbourne Cup.Source
Lloyd Williams’ horses have won the Melbourne Cup SEVEN times. Now he tips this year’s winner – and the highly fancied horse you shouldn’t waste your money on
Seven-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams doesn’t have a runner in the race that stops a nation this year – but he does have a firm prediction for which horse will get up.Source
Sierra Leone’s Owners Ponder Future After Classic Win
Although Peter Brant, one of the owners of Classic (G1) winner Sierra Leone, expressed his desire during a post-race news conference to see him run next year at age 4, the owners are also considering the alternative of standing him at stud in 2025. Source
Rugby league great Billy Slater unrecognizable in new broadcasting gig with Channel Nine
NRL legend Billy Slater has wowed fans in his new broadcasting role at Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival, with viewers blown away by his riding skills.Source
Full Serrano Grabs Dirt Mile for Hronis and Sadler
Owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler have had a long and successful partnership, and collaborated again on Full Serrano to take the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) Source