It's In The Blood
Ruska Roma
Death, taxes and Sadler’s Wells over Dubawi. That last certainty has been shown to work again with a new stakes winner in Ruska Roma (Super Seth), Pinecliff Racing’s homebred three-year-old filly who took out Caulfield’s Twilight Glow Stakes (Listed, 1400m) on Saturday. Sadler’s Wells (Northern Dancer) runs through the top line of Ruska Roma’s pedigree... Read More
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Sheza Alibi
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Need Some Luck
It might seem a little odd to speak of a run of terrible luck with a mare who’s thrown three stakes winners, but the story of Lovely Jubbly (Lion Hunter) and her offspring is not your usual one. The 26-year-old is the dam of Chautauqua (Encosta De Lago), the 12-time stakes winner including six at... Read More
Litzdeel
Did we see two Melbourne Cup winners on Tuesday? And will we see two Melbourne Cup winners out of the one dam? At 3.00pm most of the nation stopped what it was doing to watch Half Yours (St Jean) become the latest hero of this country’s greatest race. But a little bit earlier, racegoers might... Read More
Godolphin Trio
“Pedigrees made in heaven” could have been the title encompassing Godolphin’s rippling success last Saturday. A trio of three-year-old colts, winning a Group 1 and two Group 2s, all the produce of mating blueprints from Sheikh Mohammed’s top drawer, and each with a slightly different twist to whet the appetites of breeding buffs. Attica (Lonhro)... Read More
Gangsta Granny
That wily old desert fox Stuart Ramsey has been at it again, breeding another stakes-winning mare with a pedigree that sounds as Australian as he does. Gangsta Granny (Written Tycoon) took Saturday’s The Nivison (Gr 3, 1200m), breaking through for a deserved black-type win after a second and a third in a Group 3 and... Read More