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Sepals bidding to make Group 1 breakthrough at Caulfield
Four years after his return to Victoria from Singapore, trainer Cliff Brown is hopeful progressive four-year-old Sepals (Calyx) can land a major breakthrough for his boutique stable when he steps up to top-level company in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m). Sepals will be having only his seventh start in Caulfield’s $1 million... Read More
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“There were a few naysayers and doubters but a broken clock is right twice a day” – Asfoora rewards Dwyer’s faith with ‘electric’ Nunthorpe win
The Henry Dwyer-trained Asfoora (Flying Artie) bounced back to form in dramatic fashion when she produced an ‘electric’ performance to win Friday’s Nunthorpe Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) at York, earning herself a second career top-level success. The seven-year-old mare was repeating the British tour win she delivered last year when she took out the King... Read More
Farnan making a splash at stud
At a time when Australia looks for its next big things in the stallion world to step up alongside a raft of ageing champions, Kia Ora Stud is ebullient over their flagbearer Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) as his first season of runners draws to a close. The rising eight-year-old, who won his first five... Read More
Fairway To Heaven impresses at Canterbury trials
Fairway To Heaven (Zoustar) was a highlight winner at the Canterbury juvenile trials on Monday, cruising to a 4.2-length success under Tommy Berry for trainer Michael Freedman. A homebred for Fairway Thoroughbreds, the unraced filly was having her third trial this prep and from an inside draw travelled smoothly before going on in the closing... Read More
First Settler to stand at Yulong for opening fee of $11,000
Yulong Stud has announced that Danehill Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) winner First Settler (Written Tycoon) will be joining their stallion roster for the 2025 season and will stand for an introductory fee of $11,000 (inc GST). The Group 2-winning son of Written Tycoon (Iglesia) went unbeaten as a juvenile, recording dominant back-to-back 1000-metre victories in... Read More
‘He’s probably only going to get better and better’
Field predicting more success for talented stallion Capitalist With uncanny timing, Capitalist (Written Tycoon) had his second Group 1 winner just as soon as his service fee sharply went down, when three-year-old Reserve Bank (Capitalist) trumped his older rivals in last Saturday’s The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m) at Morphettville. But the only way is up... Read More