Against the tide of imported European runners and sires, supporters of Australasian-bred horses will be cheering Signature Scent (Written Tycoon), who made it two from two in impressively taking a two-year-old fillies handicap over 1100 metres at Caulfield on Saturday. Now a city winner, Signature Scent looks like fully justifying Yulong’s determined, shall we say,... Read More

We’re not saying Caloundra Cup (Listed, 2400m) winner Half Yours (St Jean) is bred to get a trip or anything, but his grandsire Teofilo (Galileo) has left three Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winners in the past seven years, and his damsire fathered a certain mare who won three more. Stay? Thought he’d never leave.... Read More

Repetitions run in the family for Miss Joelene (Russian Revolution), who broke through for a black type victory and took her earnings past $1 million in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Gold Crown (Listed, 2100m) at Eagle Farm. Bred by Brisbane’s Janelle Whalley and Darren Wilson of Wilrace Pty Ltd, she’s out of a dam by that fine... Read More

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Nine-year-old jockeys. But the subject provides a historical link for two of the most famous families in Australian racing – the Woottons and the Freedmans. Back in 1902, trainer Richard “Dick” Wootton took umbrage with Australian racing authorities when they wouldn’t let his son Frank ride professionally in... Read More

One of the richest families in New Zealand racing and breeding has done it again, with Maison Louis (Super Seth) joining its many elite winners in taking out Saturday’s Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m). The gelding, trained by John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, forms the latest chapter in a story deeply woven into the fabric... Read More