Caspar Fownes is looking ahead to a big-race campaign for Sky Darci (Darci Brahma) next season when his talented four-year-old will have the chance to take on Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) in what would be a desirable clash between the last two Hong Kong Derby (Listed, 2000m) winners, possibly in December’s Hong Kong Mile (Gr... Read More

WA sire I’m All The Talk can complete a ground-breaking season when Billy Ain’t Silly and The Spruiker line up in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m) later this month. The Darling View Thoroughbreds resident has been an embedded Top 10 stallion on the Australian second-season premiership since Watch Me Dance completed the G3 Champion Fillies... Read More

Hurtle (AUS) 2 g Capitalist – Murtle Turtle by Murtajill O: Milano Bloodstock, Cornerstone Stud Farm Pty Ltd, Kildalton Park Racing, Miss A S Mitchell, Mr M L Nixon, Miss K L Pritchard-Gordon, Mr B J Hennessy, Mr M B Conabere, Mr C J Driscoll, Mr S J Weaver, Mrs W E Nelligan, Mr K... Read More

For most of our lifetimes, Australians’ knowledge about racing in Brazil was limited to probably three things:  The country produced Joao Moreira (and for the nightowls here, British-based gun Silvestre de Souza)  Horses from Brazil share a birthday with those from Australia (well they must, if you think about it)  And when you go to... Read More

Paul Jarman was no stranger to causing an upset. He won his second Victoria Derby on Big Print, a 20-1 chance who – in 1979 – defied two champions in Kingston Town and Roy Higgins.  Big Print, appropriately by a stallion named My Friend Paul (Pretendre), won by a short head from the famed son... Read More