Yulong Snaps Up Jamaea For A$1.025m To Top Inglis Digital

Multiple Group 2 winner Jamaea (Aus) (Headwater {Aus}) topped the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale at A$1.025 million to Yulong Stud on Wednesday. Sold as lot 325, the 4-year-old filly won the G2 Percy Sykes S. at two and progressed to take the G2 Furious S. as a 3-year-old and was retired a millionaire [...]

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Royal Ascot Memories: Scenic Blast

On the morning of June 16, 2009–the opening day of Royal Ascot–Australian trainer Daniel Morton, who was normally quite reserved when he had a runner engaged in a feature race, was brimming with confidence, the then 37-year-old smiling from ear to ear. Morton had favourite Scenic Blast (Aus) (Scenic {Ire}) entered in the G1 King's [...]

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Royal Ascot Memories: Takeover Target

It's at this time of year that Australian jockey Jay Ford takes a moment to remember his old mate, Takeover Target (Aus) (Celtic Swing {GB}), and more specifically their victory in the 2006 G2 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot. Takeover Target wasn't the first Aussie to upstage the locals at the famous Royal meeting–Choisir [...]

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