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Caulfield’s quiet did not diminish its loud tradition
Caulfield Cup day was crowdless and Randwick was rocking on Saturday. Like many, I watched the whole incredible day of racing unfold on television and the contrast in the ambience of the two race meetings was extreme. James McDonald and the hulking red sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) stirred thousands of Sydney siders, who were trackside... Read More
More from Jo McKinnon Column
Breeding To Race
In the first piece of a new series on breeding to race, Jo McKinnon looks at the impact of today’s Kosciuszko at Randwick, which features nine homebreds in the $1.3 million contest There can be no greater thrill than winning a race with a horse you own but victory always tastes that little bit sweeter... Read More
Cerberus (AUS)
Cerberus (AUS) 3 c Dundeel – Scarlet Moretta, by Fastnet Rock O: James Harron Bloodstock Colts (Mgr: J Harron), Love Racing (Mgr: B Love), Doyles Breeding & Racing (Mgr: M F Doyle), Rockingham Thoroughbreds (Mgr: J A Ingham), G1G Racing & Breeding (Mgr: Mrs T L Vogel), Mrs B C Bateman, P Mehrten, S N... Read More
Hilal
There can be few more potent pedigrees in Australian racing at present than that of Hilal, who broke through for black-type success with a slashing win in Saturday’s Stan Fox Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m) at Randwick. The Team Hawkes-trained colt is from one of Emirates Park’s strongest female families – one which has spawned such... Read More
‘Racehorse to Ranch’ champ Subbie opens up new pursuits for retired thoroughbreds
While some of the country’s fastest racehorses will attempt to scale The Everest (1200m) on Saturday, a much slower retired thoroughbred from Hong Kong called The Submarine (Acclamation) conquered a mountain of a different kind last week. The four-year-old Irish-bred gelding, beaten a combined 61 and three-quarter lengths in four Hong Kong starts, won the... Read More
The Inferno’s Everest quest spreads some needed feelgood Singapore’s way
Singapore has a big Saturday in store. The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Listed, 1800m) is this weekend’s local highlight, drawing together the best the Lion City can muster, but 4,000 miles along a south-easterly flight path, Kranji’s most exciting galloper of recent times will step out for The Everest (1200m) at Randwick carrying the keen... Read More