Written Tycoon

Yulong continued their streak of acquiring topline racemares for their broodmare band on Wednesday when paying A$1.625 million for G1 Sistema Stakes winner Velocious, who was offered by Go Racing in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Sale. The daughter of Written Tycoon becomes the second highest-priced filly to ever sell through the platform, after Funstar (Adelaide) realised A$2.7 million in 2021. Offered as a broodmare prospect after the failure of a tie-back operation at the start of her three-year-old season, Velocious attracted global attention from bidders, but it was Yulong,...

Anyone who was even loosely following the build-up to last weekend's Golden Slipper in Australia couldn't have failed to see the Aushorse promotional videos trumpeting the importance of that Group 1 contest as a stallion-making race. Indeed, since Todman (Aus) won the first running in 1957, such notable sires as Vain (Aus), Marscay (Aus), Rory's Jester (Aus), Canny Lad (Aus), Flying Spur (Aus) and Pierro (Aus) have all joined the Golden Slipper roll of honour. On Saturday, however, Lady Of Camelot (Aus) failed to read the script. One of four...