Will Johnson

Australian bloodstock agent Will Johnson has joined the team at Sumbe as bloodstock and racing manager for the southern hemisphere. It was recently announced that Group 1-winning miler Charyn will begin shuttle duties to Cambridge Stud in New Zealand in 2026, and Sumbe owner Nurlan Bizakov, who has also been investing in yearlings at the Australian sales,  has indicated that he is keen to establish a presence in Australasia. "I am delighted to announce and to welcome Will to the Sumbe team," Bizakov said. "We previously worked together during his...

There was an international flavor to the top lot through the ring on Friday's fourth session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in Australia, with Gai Waterhouse, Adrian Bott and Bruce Slade's Kestrel Thoroughbreds teaming up with Jes Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale Farm and William Johnson Bloodstock (FBAA) to secure a filly by I Am Invincible (Aus) for AU$1.7 million (US$1,140,479), as reported by The Thoroughbred Report. The purchase represents the first foray into the Australian market for Hill 'n' Dale. The farm's Jes Sikura was one...

Last weekend, OTI Racing and partners' Quick Thinker (Aus) (So You Think {NZ}) provided a timely advertisement for Inglis's Easter Yearling Sale, where he had been bought 24 months' previously for $100,000 by Hubie de Burgh, when winning the G1 Australian Derby on the first day of The Championships at Royal Randwick. The Easter sale of 2018, when Quick Thinker went through the ring, looked much different than its latest renewal earlier this week, and the horse is perhaps appropriately named when considering the efforts that Inglis's personnel-as well as...