Johnny McKeever

With over 100 horses boasting Timeform ratings of 100 or greater in a catalogue that includes high-quality drafts from Coolmore, Juddmonte and Shadwell, is it any wonder that buyers flock from all over the world to get in on the action at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale? If there is one jurisdiction that has flexed its buying power more than any other at this sale in recent years it's Australia. And it's easy to see why. In the past decade alone, 13 Group 1 races have been won Down Under...

New South Wales, the Australian state with the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, was placed into lockdown on Tuesday, with residents warned they could face a fine or jail time if they leave home without a good reason. Fortunately for the nation's yearling sale market, inspections for the virtual Inglis Easter yearling sale on Apr. 7 and 8 has been deemed a good enough reason. Newmarket-based bloodstock agent Johnny McKeever has been Down Under since January-partially by design, partially by circumstance-and earlier this week he was working through his...