Five-time Group One winner Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) has been purchased by Yulong Investments for A$2.8 million at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale. By Proisir, out of the Towkay mare Geordie Girl, Legarto was sold as a yearling by Highline Thoroughbreds at Karaka for $90,000
Retired superstar jumper The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) is enjoying the next phase of his career as a sporthorse, fittingly with former co-trainer Corrina McDougal. The Mastercraftsman 12-year-old, known as ‘Crafty’, was a cult horse of the jumping scene, winning a total of 19 races - 15 of those over fences
The hot run of form from Wrote’s progeny has continued in Hong Kong with the Highview stallion represented by a winning double at Sha Tin on Sunday. He sired the first two winners on the program with the David Hall-trained Flying Amani (NZ) (Wrote) and Jimmy Ting’s Come
Group One performer Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) has been plagued by issues over the last 18 months, but she will make her much-anticipated return to the track at Caulfield on Saturday. The Fortuna Syndication-raced mare’s career was nearly cut short in January last year when she fractured vertebrae in