There’s a line from an American author named Jack Kornfield – not coincidentally a Buddhist practitioner – that says to let go and move on means we release “the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit”.  Surely there can’t be a more apt setting for that than racing and breeding, where ifs,... Read More

“You could throw the colours into the jockeys’ room and you wouldn’t care who picked them up.” That’s not a line you haven’t read before. Plenty of trainers have trotted it out on occasions but I cannot recall hearing it from a current jockey until Michael Walker said so on television last Sunday. Walker is,... Read More

Pixie Knight (Maurice) emerged as the new star on Japan’s sprinting block with an impressive performance in the Sprinters Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Nakayama on Sunday that could well see him pointed towards Sha Tin to shake-up the Hong Kong contingent on the second Sunday in December. Trainer Hidetaka Otanashi is believed to be... Read More

New winners Caravaggio (pictured) – Former Coolmore Stud shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) was handed his 20th individual winner when Agador (2 c ex Marunouchi by Peintre Celebre) made a winning debut over 2000 metres at Mont-de-Marsan on Tuesday. Caravaggio shuttled to Jerrys Plains for one season in 2018 and he now stands exclusively at Coolmore’s... Read More

If there’s one thing the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us, it’s the importance of resilience and finding a way forward despite all the challenges and restrictions the virus has placed on our personal and professional lives for nearly two years. Remarkably, the Australian thoroughbred racing show has been able to go on and keep thousands... Read More