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Frankie Lor is equipped for a head-to-head tussle with his old master
Zac Purton’s return to action at Happy Valley tonight after a month on the sideline throws the spotlight back on to his title race tussle with Joao Moreira but, while that particular rivalry has been a Hong Kong sub-plot for eight years now, a compelling, and perhaps inevitable, new head-to-head is brewing in the trainers’... Read More
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The search for the winning post on Magic Millions day
It’s an assertion which, of course, can be neither proved nor disproved but I’m pretty sure there’s never been a racehorse who actually “knows” where the winning post is. I’m similarly pretty sure that none have an extraordinarily greater will to win or determination than others. I’ll accept that the right temperament might dictate that... Read More
First for Hellbent
New winners Hellbent (pictured) – Miss Hellfire (2 f ex Peace Time by War Front) provided her sire Hellbent (I Am Invincible) a first winner when she won the Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m) in good style at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly was second behind Soaring Ambition (Not A... Read More
Marketing moves up a gear as Gold Coast sale edges closer
This week we have seen marketing geniuses at work in the lead-up to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, which begins tomorrow. Taking the prize for the best stallion promotion is Tom Magnier and the team at Coolmore Stud. A red Ferrari will go to the owner of the first Justify (Scat Daddy) foal... Read More
STUPENDO
(2 c Supido – Bisutti by Northern Meteor) TRAINER: Danny O’Brien RACE: Aquis Gold Nugget (1100m) The final flurry to ensure a spot in next weekend’s $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) arrives today courtesy of the Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m) and its male equivalent, the Aquis Gold Nugget, in which the subject... Read More
Latizia (AUS)
Latizia (AUS) 2 f Capitalist – Spanish Pipedream by Scat Daddy O: A Kheir, D A Nugent, Newgate S F, L Caminiti, A J Keevers, G Mitchell, Mad K Racing, J M Simmons, Ms S M Fitzgerald & R E Wilson B: S F Bloodstock L L C T: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace S:... Read More