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No fear from Lemaire as Gran Alegria prepares to face Contrail and Efforia

Gran Alegria (Deep Impact) is primed for a return to action in this weekend’s Autumn Tenno Sho (Gr 1, 2000m) at Tokyo and the brilliant mare’s rider Christophe Lemaire is firm in his conviction that she has all the attributes needed to fend off last year’s Triple Crown hero Contrail (Deep Impact) and the current... Read More

Shulz prepares to bid fond farewell to life at Caulfield

A black and white scrapbook cut out of a tiny young girl sitting very happily on a big thoroughbred says a lot about what was to transpire in the life story of Kylie Schulz. She started riding trackwork at the tender age of ten and it’s become her life ever since. There’s nowhere she would... Read More

Mokulua (AUS)

Mokulua (AUS) 3 f Redoute’s Choice – Dear Demi by Dehere O: Strawberry Hill Stud B: Strawberry Hill Stud T: Clarry Conners W: Fillies Classic (Gr 2, 1600m), Moonee Valley, October 23 Following in the footsteps of her Group 1-winning dam Dear Demi (Dehere), Mokulua (Redoute’s Choice) broke her maiden in impressive style when she... Read More

Semillion

Semillion became just the latest stakes winner from probably the strongest female family in the Australian stud book in taking Saturday’s $400,000 Inglis Banner (RL, 1000m) at Moonee Valley.  Bred by Victorian titan Rob Crabtree, the three-year-old is another product of the Scandinavia (Snippets) line which hatched Black Caviar (Bel Esprit), All Too Hard (Casino... Read More

22 for Caravaggio

New winners Caravaggio (pictured) – Former Coolmore shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) sired his 22nd individual winner when his son Inuit (2 c ex Prairie Blossom by Dalakhani) got off the mark in a conditions race over 1800 metres at Lyon La Soie. Sent off as favourite after finishing second on his debut last month, Inuit... Read More

Against all odds

Amidst all the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) drama on Saturday another chapter in one of racing’s most heartwarming and inspiring stories of the season played out at Randwick.  As Torrens (Adelaide) crossed the line in the City Tattersalls Club Cup (Listed, 2400m), 43-year-old apprentice rider Jenny Duggan stood high in the irons, overcome by... Read More