HK: Guyon chases ambitious memories with Top Dragon Maxime Guyon captured Hong Kong racing’s ultimate glory when he won the 2011 Hong Kong Derby (2000m) aboard former champion Ambitious Dragon (Pins), and this Sunday at Sha Tin the French rider takes his shot at landing the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) aboard Top Dragon (Pierata)... Read More

Warwoven ruled out of potential Blue Diamond bid Bjorn Baker’s unbeaten colt Warwoven (Sword Of State) will not run in next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) after being sent for a short break. The son of Sword Of State (Snitzel) landed his debut at Randwick over 1000 metres before doubling that tally in... Read More

Interpretation bidding to break winning drought Ciaron Maher will make a rare raid to New Zealand on Saturday as he prepares to run Interpretation (Galileo) in the Wellington Cup (Gr 3, 3200m) at Trentham. The now eight-year-old son of Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) will be bidding to break a long drought, having last entered the winner’s... Read More

US: Houtzen colt lands US stakes contest Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m)-winning mare Houtzen (I Am Invincible) is beginning to make her presence felt as a broodmare, with her three-year-old colt Greenwich Village (Quality Road) scoring his first stakes success at Santa Anita on Sunday. Trained by Bob Baffert, Greenwich Village captured the US$100,000... Read More

Part 3 of Lloyd Jackson’s three-part series to mark a century of selling for New Zealand’s auction house The sires Through until 1990 the history of the National Yearling Sale, the leading sires, especially by average, had a profound influence on vendor statistics. Kotatanui Stud’s Limond (Desmond) was the most popular at the early sales... Read More