There may only be spring buds so far, but Arrowfield Stud and Anthony Cummings are hoping for a full blossoming from last Saturday’s Randwick winner El Castello (Castelvecchio) that will help put his young sire on the map. The three-year-old first-cropper became Castelvecchio’s (Dundeel) first Saturday metro winner in taking the 1600-metre Benchmark 72 Midway... Read More

The new season is no longer all that new. Results and standings that may have been anomalous are giving way to the more reliable. And though these are still relatively early days, it’s easy to see why Darley – and numerous individual breeders – are growing increasingly wild about Harry Angel (Dark Angel). He started... Read More

Andrew Bowcock is a third generation breeder who knows what he’s doing, but even the best need a little luck sometimes. He’s had his share of both kinds. After running the old Segenhoe Valley family farm Alabama Stud – founded by his grandfather Ray in the 1940s – Andrew bought the block next door in... Read More

The story around Pinstriped’s (Street Boss) Group 1 coronation in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) has been a bit like a sputtering engine, full of fits and starts, near misses, mare misses, and the occasional smooth bit, until it roared to a crescendo on Saturday. He’s a son of Street Boss (Street Cry), the headline act... Read More

As the old saying goes, you love it when a plan comes together. But when a gamble pays off, it’s surely ten times better. Emirates Park’s Bryan Carlson took a sizeable punt to seal a stallion deal on Tassort (Brazen Beau) after he’d had only two starts. Plenty of stallions have plenty more runs, mostly... Read More