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Australian Horses Racing in China

Tara Madgwick - Friday Sep 11

The horses racing in China are not currently recognized by any official international racing bodies, but judging by the activity on the ChinaHorseRacing account on Twitter aka X, plenty of Australian breeders should be paying attention as a growing number of our horses are going there including no fewer than 140 unnamed two and three year-olds so far this year according to the Australian Stud Book.

Aussie bred Pan Shi Wu Shuan - a 3YO by Dirty Work from Pompeia- was one of the feature race winners in China last weekend.

Last Saturday, September 5, China staged a feature race day at Yulong Racecourse that included the following races that were won by Australian or NZ bred horses:

Race 1

China Horse Owners Alliance Magic Millions Cup 1200m

Wu Shi Jing Shen (AUS) chestnut colt 3 by Saxon Warrior (JPN) from Lovelace (AUS)

2025 MM Gold Coast National Yearling Sale

Vendor: Evergreen Stud Farm, Heatherbrae, NSW (As Agent)

Buyer: Amy Feng

$18,000

Race 3

China Horse Owners Alliance Inglis Cup 1200m

Hua Yu Feng Du (AUS) chestnut colt 3 by Rubick (AUS) from Aqueous (AUS)

2025 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Book 2

Vendor: Noor Elaine Farm, Euroa

Buyer: Hunter Lodge Stables / L Ruddy

$14,000

This Rubick colt from Aqueous was a pinhook winner for Hunter's Lodge and is now a racetrack winner.

2025 Inglis Ready2Race Sale

Vendor: Hunter's Lodge, Glendon Brook

Buyer: CHOA

$160,000

This one holds some interest given he came from the same draft at the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale last year as subsequent Group I winner Tron Bolt, who topped the sale. 

Race 4

Arqana-China Horse Owners Alliance International Stakes 1200m

Zhong Xin Ying Xiong AUS bay colt 3 by Microphone (AUS) from Twelve Pack Shelly (USA)

MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale Book 2

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Vendor: Goodwood Farm, Murrurundi, NSW (As Agent)

Buyer: Amy Feng

$25,000

Race 5

China Horse Owners Alliance Karaka-Grad Condition 1200m

Bu Xuan Er Zhan (NZ) brown colt 3 by Proisir (AUS) from Trinity Hill (NZ)

NZB National Weanling Sale

Vendor: Haunui Farm

Buyer: Mr GS Liu

$60,000

NZB ran a story earlier this week on the race day with NZB Managing Director Andrew Seabrook at the track, read more here.

NZB Managing Director Andrew Seabrook was at the meeting at the Yulong Racecourse.

Race 6

China Horse Owners Alliance The Everest 1200m

Pan Shi Wu Shuang (AUS) brown colt 3 by Dirty Work (AUS) from Pompeia (AUS)

Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Book 2

Vendor: Hollylodge Thoroughbreds, Avenel

Buyer: Crown Bloodstock

$50,000

Dirty Work colt from Pompeia was a pinhook winner and now a racetrack winner for Hannover Lodge.

2025 Inglis Ready2Race Sale

Vendor: Hannover Lodge, Wilberforce

Buyer: CHOA

$180,000

The unnamed horses sent from Australia to China this year according to Australian Stud Book are by a wide variety of sires with the breakdown listed below:

Sire

Number of horses

Diatonic (Jpn)

31

Tagaloa

31

Grunt

18

Lucky Vega (IRE)

11

Alabama Express

7

Pierata

7

Better Than Ready

3

D’Argento

3

Hanseatic

2

Home Affairs

2

Spirit of Boom

2

Acclaim (IRE)

1

Best of Bordeaux

1

Brutal

1

Capitalist

1

Cosmic Force

1

Dirty Work

1

Encryption

1

Exceed and Excel

1

Exceedance

1

Farnan

1

Harry Angel (IRE)

1

Hellbent

1

In the Congo

1

Invader

1

Jacquinot

1

Justify (USA)

1

Kitasan Black

1

Nicconi

1

Paulele

1

Profiteer

1

Rubick

1

Russian Revolution

1

Tarzino

1

Teofilo

1

Time to Reign

1

Wild Ruler

1
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