11 for Too Darn Hot Hotazhell (2 c ex Azenzar by Danehill Dancer) became the 11th individual stakes winner for Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) when landing Thursday’s Tyros Stakes (Gr 3, 7f) at Leopardstown. Trained by Jessica Harrington and ridden by Shane Foley, the colt led inside the final furlong and was pushed out to defeat long-time leader Swagman (Wootton Bassett) by a length and a half with a further two and a half lengths back to odds-on favourite Surpass (Saxon Warrior) in ... Read More

Stokes with pair of fillies headed to Caulfield Pakenham-based trainer Phillip Stokes will send both Comanche Miss (Castelvecchio) and I Am Velvet (I Am Immortal) to Caulfield on Saturday. A 1200-metre handicap will be the race for Comanche Miss and, after she ran fourth in the Redoute's Choice Stakes (Listed, 1100m) on debut in March, Stokes is keeping one eye on November's Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) with the filly. "She ran fourth after getting run off her feet early then closed ok late... Read More

Best yet to come with Opawa Jack Opawa Jack (War Decree) has come of age in his four-year-old autumn preparation and his trainer Chrissy Bambry anticipates the best is still yet to come. The son of War Decree (War Front) showed early promise over staying distances and contested the New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) last season, but a year down the track he has won three of his last five starts, comparatively on the Awapuni Synthetic over 1200 metres and in Heavy 10 track conditions at Wanganui.... Read More

SPG: Meagher to train in Victoria Expatriate Australian trainer Daniel Meagher, who won Sunday’s final running of the Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) at Kranji, has confirmed he will train out of Pakenham in Victoria when racing in Singapore ends in early October. The owner of Singapore Derby winner Lim’s Saltoro (Shamexpress), Mr Lim Siah Mon, is supporting Meagher’s relocation to Melbourne later this year with five or six horses set to follow their trainer from Kranji. Lim’s Saltoro... Read More