Ten for Justify British Isles (5 g ex Purely Hot by Pure Prize) became the tenth individual elite-level winner and 58th individual stakes winner for Coolmore’s former shuttle stallion Justify (Scat Daddy) when landing Saturday’s Santa Anita Handicap (Gr 1, 10f) at Santa Anita. Ridden by Diego Herrera for trainer Richard Baltas, the five-year-old gelding... Read More

33 for All Too Hard Music Time (2 g ex Miss Eisenstadt by Manhattan Rain) became the 33rd individual stakes winner for Vinery Stud stallion All Too Hard (Casino Prince) when taking out Sunday’s Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Canberra. Ridden by Pierre Boudvillain for trainer Gratz Vella, the juvenile gelding scored by... Read More

Elle Sourit impresses in Pearl Series Final In a thrilling conclusion to New Zealand’s richest raceday, Champions Day at Ellerslie, promising mare Elle Sourit (Ocean Park) retained her unbeaten record as she powered home to take out the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Final (1400m). Racing during the day had been of the highest calibre and... Read More

The Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) is not just Australia’s greatest horse race, but a national phenomenon. British racing folk may marvel, or even wince, that such status belongs to a handicap – or even that it’s a Group 1 – but the quirky evolution of egalitarian Australia has made it so; where the fabled... Read More

2 f Home Affairs – Twist Tops by Beneteau O: Lindsay Park Bloodstock (Mgr: Ms S Hayes), T Needham, M D Needham, Dr F Carnovale, J Molinaro, Ms A Molinaro, A J Day, P Foyster, Grigg Thoroughbreds (Mgr: S C Grigg), P T Heinz, E Mahony, D J Meredith, J Watkins, B S Wilson, H... Read More