Bren O'Brien

At 22, Written Tycoon may be in the twilight of his breeding career, but the Yulong resident finds himself back at the top of the Australian sires' table with eerily similar numbers to what he achieved at the same point of his sires’ championship 2020/21 season.

New Zealand’s Hastings racecourse will be out of action indefinitely after increasingly frustrated officials chose to bring forward the reconstruction of the Hawke’s Bay track following a disastrous spring carnival.

The new Racing Australia-led process to reform The Pattern is in disarray just three days after it was announced, with state-based racing authorities, led by Victoria, pausing plans to upgrade races after stakeholder unrest.

Inglis’ Ready2Race Sale is likely to be a barometer for the Australasian two-year-old market, with Hong Kong buyers pivotal to the strength of the Sydney bloodstock auction.

In this week’s Rowe On Monday, Tim Rowe chats to agent Alex Elliott about Amo Racing’s $50 million spend at the recent Tattersalls Sale, reflects on another banner day for Written Tycoon and more patter about the Pattern from Byron Rogers and Johnny McKeever.

Racing Australia has confirmed the Australian Pattern has been reviewed to establish fresh “Australian Black Type Guidelines”.

Dominic Sutton is a young trainer on the move who can scarcely believe he has a Caulfield Guineas runner in the first year of operating his own stable.