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Alpha Sofie
Dan Alford is in the food business, specifically a Melbourne factory that bakes treats like mudcakes, biscuits, jam tarts and snowballs. It can’t be a bad place to work. At the very least, it smells better than a stable. What the 68-year-old also likes to do is cook up pedigrees, and he has a particularly... Read More
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Attica (AUS)
3 c Lonhro – Savatiano by Street Cry O: Godolphin B: Godolphin T: Joseph Pride W: Hawaii Five Oh @ Vinery Stud Maiden Handicap, 1400m, September 3, Warwick Farm Joe Pride has trained his share of tough sprinters but admits few have carried the pedigree of debut Warwick Farm winner Attica (Lonhro). The three-year-old is... Read More
Treasurethe Moment
Yulong Stud triumphed on the weekend with four stakes winners including their homebred budding superstar Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) and two offspring of their evergreen super sire Written Tycoon (Iglesia) in Grand Prairie and Tycoon Star. And some tried and true pedigree strategies lay behind all three. Treasurethe Moment, who claimed her fourth elite success... Read More
Yamashita’s Gold (AUS)
3 c Wootton Bassett – Fortune Of War by General Nediym O: HMB Capital Pty Ltd (Mgr: Mrs S Cummings), F D Brown, C W Pearce & R A Ford B: Mr IK Smith T: Gavin Bedggood S: 2023 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale V: Edinburgh Park (Unreserved Dispersal Sale) P: Bahen Bloodstock, $105,000 W:... Read More
Space Rider
He has a long way to go to match Bella Nipotina (Pride Of Dubai), but last Saturday’s Moonee Valley winner Space Rider (Zoustar) appears to be the latest budding star from a Longwood Thoroughbred Farm family that just keeps giving. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt – a $500,000 Gold Coast purchase for... Read More
Dual Oaks heroine Minnie Hauk seals Group 1 hat-trick
Minnie Hauk (3 f Frankel – Multilingual by Dansili) stormed to victory to land the Yorkshire Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f) and provide Aidan O’Brien with his fifth triumph in six previous years. Sent off as 8-15 favourite in the four-runner contest, the daughter of Frankel (Galileo) pulled clear of Estrange, while her stablemate Garden... Read More