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Charity Fun overcomes trouble to earn a crack at Group company next month at Sha Tin
Charity Fun (War Command) has earned a tilt at the Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 2400m) next month after overcoming mid-race difficulties to continue Zac Purton and Danny Shum’s burgeoning coalition with victory in the Class 2 Cedar Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Inconvenienced during the pivotal stages of what... Read More
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Caravaggio colt claims top lot crown after fetching 240,000gns at Craven Sale
After a frenetic opening session, intensity levels settled down a touch on day two of the Tattersalls Craven Sale, with the market headed by 14 six-figure two-year-olds. The most expensive offering sold on Wednesday was signed for by Alastair Donald, who went to 240,000gns for a colt (Lot 143) from the debut crop of bullet... Read More
Russian Camelot and Doubtland to stand at Widden’s new Victorian base
Team strengthens its new roster, which also includes Nicconi and Star Witness, in statement of support for Victorian breeding In a tremendous boost to the profile of Widden Stud’s expansion into Victoria, the famed Thompson family-owned thoroughbred nursery will stand Russian Camelot (Camelot) and Doubtland (Not A Single Doubt) at its new Kerrie base, formerly... Read More
Cool Aza Beel has first-season fee set by Newhaven Park
Newhaven Park has announced that Cool Aza Beel, their Group 1-winning son of Savabeel (Zabeel), will stand his first season at their Boorowa property for a fee of $16,500 (inc GST) in 2021. The winner of the Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and Karaka Million (RL, 1200m) during an outstanding two-year-old season for trainer Jamie... Read More
Anamoe
It’s taken 12 years, three countries and some of the best sires in the world, but Darley’s former Group 1-winning mare Anamato appears to have an out-and-out superstar on her hands in Anamoe. And in claiming his “when-not-if” Group 1 in Saturday’s Sires Produce Stakes at Randwick, the exhilarating colt also provided more power for... Read More
‘Maybe it was crazy training so young, but I just went with the flow’
Retired trainer Joe Hall is the patriarch of an immediate and extended family which has had an enormous influence on racing, plus he’s been a mentor and father figure to many beyond his kin. The breadth of the family’s influence is best kept simple by way of introduction. Hall, 82, and still living close to... Read More