Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Bridal Waltz (Snitzel) could fit the “one last good one” plea of her veteran breeder Des Pope, 89-and-three-quarters, of Melbourne. She also maintains a piece of breeding lore that had become as reliable as Melbourne rain up until the recent passing of her great sire. The Peter Moody and... Read More

2 f I Am Invincible – Eloping by Choisir O: B2B Thoroughbreds P/L (Mgr: R C S Surace) B: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd T: Chris Waller S: 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Segenhoe Stud P: Belmont Bloodstock Agency (FBAA), $1,150,000 W: Precise Air Maiden Handicap, 1200m, July 23, Canterbury   Regally... Read More

It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Arrowfield Stud great Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) wasn’t all that valued as a broodmare sire. The past is another country and all that. But faith in his “rival” stallion as a maternal grandfather in those days from Widden Stud’s Antony Thompson is now paying off... Read More

2 f Bivouac – Secretly Discreet, by Lonhro O: Mr A Kheir, Mr J A O’Neill, Mr L Caminiti, Ryan & Alexiou Racing, Cookie Racing, A K Racing, Mrs M F Anderson, Deg Racing, Mill Park Stud, Mr B J O’Brien B: Mill Park Stud Pty Ltd, Mrs Pamela Loxton, Mr David Peacock, SA T:... Read More

Against the tide of imported European runners and sires, supporters of Australasian-bred horses will be cheering Signature Scent (Written Tycoon), who made it two from two in impressively taking a two-year-old fillies handicap over 1100 metres at Caulfield on Saturday. Now a city winner, Signature Scent looks like fully justifying Yulong’s determined, shall we say,... Read More