HK: Vincent Ho reunites with rising star Hot Delight in Class 2 test Vincent Ho links up again with Francis Lui’s highly regarded three-year-old Hot Delight (Too Darn Hot) as twilight racing returns to Sha Tin on Sunday. The three-year-old has enjoyed a stellar start, scoring impressively in each of his first three outings. Lui, who also trained Hong Kong legend Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro), has previously drawn comparisons between the two at the same stage of their respective careers. Una... Read More

41 for Frankel Juddmonte’s breed-shaping stallion Frankel (Galileo) sired his 41st individual elite-level winner on Friday when Thundering On (3 f ex Thundering Nights by Night Of Thunder) ran out an impressive winner of the Epsom Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f) at Epsom. Bred and raced by Shapoor Mistry, Thundering On is the first foal out of the Night Of Thunder (Dubawi) mare Thundering Nights who landed the Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) in 2021 but died prematurely as a seven-year-old. Frankel is s... Read More

King backs Bruce’s Oaks hope Trainer Jack Bruce will saddle his first Group 1 runner when Highgrove Rose (King's Legacy) lines up in Saturday's Queensland Oaks (Gr 1, 2200m) at Eagle Farm, with jockey Rachel King hoping to help deliver a memorable result. Bruce, a former racing manager for Bjorn Baker before establishing his own stable, has carefully targeted the Oaks with the filly, who enters the race off a strong preparation that includes a win over 1900 metres on the Gold Coast Polytrack ... Read More

Ellerslie test to shape Free Bird’s spring Well-related mare Free Bird (Tarzino) will tackle a middle-distance trip for the first time when she contests the Golf Warehouse Handicap (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, with trainer Kerry Greene hopeful the daughter of Tarzino (Tavistock) can stamp herself as a future staying prospect. A half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Stolen Dance (Alamosa), Free Bird heads into the assignment in strong form after winning over 1600 metres two starts ago before... Read More