In the depths of winter, training, riding and managing any type of horse is challenging and expensive. In the thoroughbred world, the off season is a prime time for decisions to be made to either race on or breed. Some put the cue in the rack and truck loads of horses are offered on the... Read More

Written Tycoon filly Libiamo gave further proof to the strength of her female line in winning the first race at Caulfield last Saturday, an 1100-metre handicap for two-year-old fillies.  Libiamo was a $170,000 purchase at last year’s Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale by her trainer Grahame Begg. She is out of the Casino Prince mare... Read More

2 f Written Tycoon – Fine Bubbles by Casino Prince O: Neville Begg and Partners B: Sun Bloodstock T: Grahame Begg S: Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale V: Sun Stud P: Grahame Begg Racing, $170,000 W: Neds Handicap (1100m), Caulfield, Saturday, July 10   Written Tycoon (Iglesia) will be crowned champion sire come the imminent... Read More

Caspar Fownes will arrive at Happy Valley for the final meeting of the Hong Kong season today as the city’s freshly-crowned champion trainer, knowing that his triumph owes as much to his wife Alix’s ambition for him as it does to his own merits as a horseman.  “My wife is the reason I’m successful,” Fownes... Read More

New first season sire winners American Pharoah (pictured) American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) had his fourth individual winner in Australia as a sire when Asteroidea (2 f ex Starfish by Redoute’s Choice) took the McDonalds Gippsland Maiden (1100m) at Sale on Friday. The Michael Moroney-trained filly returned the $2 favourite for her debut under Patrick... Read More