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Dundeel Filly Dominates With Listed TAB One Pool Trophy Romp
Impressing with a debut win in a Kilmore maiden, Dundeel (NZ) filly Billycart maintained her unbeaten run, charging clear over the 1800m to score a facile victory in the $200,000 Listed VRC TAB One Pool Trophy on Cup Day, giving trainer Taige Weir her first Flemington winner.
$2.8mSnitzel Colt Beats $2.7m Snitzel Colt to Win G1 Coolmore
Naysayers looking to highlight the lack of success of expensive yearlings have been silenced in emphatic fashion at Flemington on Saturday when the two highest priced Snitzel colts sold in 2025 fought out the finish of the $2million Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).
Home Affairs Filly Wins G3 Maribyrnong Plate
The $240,000 Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) got the ball rolling at Flemington for Cup Day with a brilliant debut victory for Home Affairs filly Amelia’s Affair.
$5.2 Million Quietside Tops Standout Book 1 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale
Keeneland’s 83rd November Breeding Stock Sale began its nine-day run Tuesday with a Book 1 catalog featuring a select group of accomplished broodmare prospects, proven mares in foal to leading stallions and well-bred weanlings by prominent stallions and popular young sires. With 23 horses bringing $1 million or more compared to 17 who reached that mark last year, Keeneland recorded nearly $9
2026 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw
The Melbourne Cup field has been chopping and changing at a rapid rate in recent days with some high profile withdrawals due to pre-race scan issues and a pesky hoof abcess ruling out Joseph O’Brien’s big hope Defiantly, so this is the final top 24 and likely favourite Point of Law (GB) will jump from gate 9.
Sibling Double Delights Kiwi Breeder
Northland breeder Terry Archer enjoyed a memorable afternoon at Tauranga on Saturday when two progeny of his broodmare La Dama won consecutive races, providing a timely boost to a family he will be well represented by at next year’s NZB National Yearling Sale.