James Tzaferis

Murray Bridge

Journalist and Presenter at Racing.com

Sometimes Melbourne, mostly Murray Bridge. Like a young Lando Calrissian, with a dream.

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Yulong buys Derby-bound filly

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Yulong will have a runner in Saturday's Group 1 Queensland Derby after the leviathan breeding and racing operation paid $1.5 million for elite staying filly Femminile at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday. The last-start G1 SA Derby winner was being sold as a racing and breeding prospect by her connections, including syndicator OTI Racing, having drawn barrier nine in Saturday's $1 million three-year-old classic only hours earlier.
Star SA mares change hands

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Star South Australian mares Kuroyanagi and See You In Heaven were sold for $1 million each in a busy 10 minutes in the Gold Coast ring at Tuesday's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. Both mares featured in the supplementary section of the catalogue after their connections made the call to offer them for sale as racing and breeding prospects following unsuccessful autumn campaigns.
Revolutionary sale result for mare

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

A new chapter in Triple Crown Syndications' Revolutionary Miss fairytale was written on the Gold Coast on Tuesday when the star mare changed hands via a $1.6 million sale at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. Purchased as a yearling for $190,000, the daughter of Russian Revolution was a star on the track during a 32-start career that yielded seven wins and more than $1.8m in prizemoney.
Gotcha! Star mare makes $5.25m

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Brilliant mare Zougotcha has joined a star-studded list of mares booked to Australia's most-expensive stallion, Wootton Bassett, after Coolmore Stud paid $5.25 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday. A three-time Group 1 winner on the track, Zougotcha was tipped by many to be the sale-topper and the interest in her was backed up in the ring, where bidding opened at $1m and quickly jumped in $1m increments.
Waller's mares to fetch Millions?

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

There will be mixed emotions for many in Chris Waller's stable when pin-up mares Zougotcha and Atishu step into the ring at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday. The pair has been at the forefront of the champion trainer's dominance over the past three seasons, winning six Group 1 races between them. A daughter of star stallion Zoustar, Zougotcha won the Flight Stakes at three, before training on to land the G1 Coolmore Classic and G1 Queen of the Turf double in 2024.
SA's Cornerstone conquers Coast

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

A 2000km trek from the Barossa Valley to the Gold Coast was rewarded for Cornerstone Stud when the famed South Australian thoroughbred nursery sold one of the highest priced lots at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale on Sunday. Cornerstone’s Wootton Bassett colt out of Stakes-placed Unencumbered mare Salome, the half-sister to Group 2 winner Ringerdingding, sold to Coolmore Stud for $420,000.
Maher's Anamoe play at Millions

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Ciaron Maher was beaten enough by Anamoe during his glittering racing career to know that he wanted to train horses by the nine-time Group 1 winner when he retired to stud. The champion horseman sent his own mares to Darley’s young pin-up sire and, on Sunday, purchased a head-turning weanling by the son of Street Boss at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale.
Excitement for Anamoe weanlings

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Anamoe made headlines on the racetrack and the first weanlings by the nine-time Group 1 winner are already turning heads in the sale ring. Eight weanlings by Godolphin’s champion will walk through the Gold Coast ring on Sunday as part of the 2025 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale. It comes after a small selection of young stock by the Cox Plate winner sold up to $340,000 at the recent Inglis Australian Weaning Sale in Sydney.
Hickmott carving out own success

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Pedigrees count for plenty in the racing game, but a horse still needs to run. In a sport full of rich family dynasties, so too do the people. As the 22-year-old son of a Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, Josh Hickmott knows this more than most. And while he acknowledges that his famous surname has helped open doors, he wants to be known as someone who can walk through them with his own two feet.
Murray's winning homecoming

1 month ago | racing.com | James Tzaferis

Callan Murray said the prospect of riding another Group 1 winner was the catalyst for his temporary return to South Africa. But the 28-year-old has vowed to return to South Australia following a short stint riding for the powerful Mike and Mathew de Kock stable, which kicked off with immediate success over the weekend. Murray rode a winning double at Turffontein on Saturday aboard Limerick and Take No Prisoners before success aboard G1 winner Dave The King at Scotsville on Sunday.