Given his rapid accomplishments as a sire it was about time Super Seth (Dundeel) had a Group 1 winner. And that’s exactly what Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) hero Feroce (Super Seth) is: he’s all about time. Time in the pedigree, to let a couple of duplications “mature” – one way of saying they’ll be... Read More

It’s early days, but first–season Darley sire Bivouac (Exceed And Excel) has already made a piece of modern history. In winning Saturday’s Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) in the Godolphin royal blue, Bivouac’s son Beiwacht not only shot to the top, by exemption, on the Golden Slipper’s (Gr 1, 1200m) order of entry, but... Read More

As a jockey who presented Ethereal (Rhythm) at precisely the right points to win the 2001 Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double, Scott Seamer knows the value of timing. It’s something that’s also worked in his favour in his other career of breeding which, perhaps surprisingly to some, was something he pursued with great passion throughout his time... Read More

Brian Ireland was 15 when he first went to the races, at Randwick. It was pretty soon after World War II ended, 1949. “I backed four winners, and had two bob each-way on each of them,” he recalls. “If that isn’t going to get you hooked, I don’t know what will.” In that era of... Read More

Here, in catalogue order, are six among many of the stand-out lots to be offered at Inglis Classic from Sunday. Lot 22, Ch c Saxon Warrior – Anabandana (Anabaa) This colt comes up early in the sale and should be early to the racetrack as well, according to Torryburn Stud’s Mel Copelin. By Coolmore’s impeccably-bred... Read More