It's In The Blood
Bandi’s Boy
If Bandi’s Boy (The Brothers War) – the new pride of Goulburn – can win Saturday’s $1 million Country Championships Final (1400m), even the eyes of the most hardened bushies drawn to Randwick for the big day might be more than a bit moist. It would be one of the more emotional, battler, stories you’ll... Read More
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Via Sistina
Yulong Stud took two prime pieces of European “real estate” – a boulevard in Rome and a Parisien square housing the Louvre – plonked them down in Parramatta and scored a blue-blooded Group 1 quinella. And that could be the tip of the iceberg for two mares who, on pedigree and performance, are straight out... Read More
Dublin Down
It’s hard to find a good old bolter’s triumph story in the Golden Slipper. Two-year-old form being what it is – precocity rising to the early top, formlines exposed thanks to most entrants contesting the same handful of lead-ups – there haven’t been many winners to send the bookies wild. The biggest-priced winner of the... Read More
Celestial Legend
Les Bridge, 85, stunned onlookers on Saturday by declaring Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Celestial Legend (Dundeel) the best of all the horses he’s trained. That includes the outstanding Golden Slipper winner Sir Dapper (Vain), three-time Group 1 victor Drawn (Star Shower), Melbourne Cup hero Kensei (Blarney Kiss), and one Bridge didn’t have to... Read More
Phearson
Phearson (Exosphere) struck a blow for old-fashioned Australian bloodlines with his bold all-the-way display for a second career Group 3 success in Saturday’s Liverpool City Cup (1300m) at Randwick. No fewer than 10 of the first 14 names in the gelding’s pedigree have (AUS) beside them. What’s more, the other four are from the country... Read More
