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

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

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

At 83 years young, Don Goodwin has only been at the thoroughbred breeding caper for the past 15 years and in that time has done what most can only ever dream of, producing multiple Group 1 winner Verry Elleegant (Zed) who is a leading contender for tomorrow’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) at Moonee Valley. ... Read More

Daisies (AUS) 3 f Sebring – Tigress Lily by Snitzel O: Sheamus Mills Bloodstock P/L (Mgr: S A Mills), Chesapeake Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (Mgr: A J Roberts), Widden Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A W Thompson), D J Walter, Mrs C A Richards, Boeara Holdings (Mgr: Ms D A Dunphy), D E Shaw & Forbrydelsen Pty... Read More