The sheiks and the sultans will swing their super-sized chequebooks amidst the world’s foremost sales to attain their horseflesh. Other players in this game have to run a little more in the shadows, or box a bit more clever to land their quarry.  This is a pedigree column, so be warned, today’s subject doesn’t really... Read More

New first season sire winners American Pharoah Coolmore shuttler American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) sired his second winner in Australia when his son Buck Pharoah (2 g ex Sequential by Lion Hunter) got on the scoresheet at Port Macquarie on Thursday. Racing for the third time, the Neil Godbolt-trained gelding landed the maiden handicap over... Read More

New first season sire winners Astern Two of Darley’s first season sires produced new individual winners on Tuesday as Seradess (2 f ex Obsidian Dragon by Hidden Dragon) dead-heated with Cloudy (Frosted) in a thrilling finish to the Roll The Dice Racing 2YO Fillies Maiden Plate (1000m) at Bendigo. The former was a first winner... Read More

Mr Mozart (AUS) 2 c Snitzel – Euro Angel by Rip Van Winkle O: Jamieson Park, Mr D V Russo, Mrs P F Collins, Mr A R McDonald, Mr R L Milne, Mr PJ Duggan B: Jamieson Park (Australia) Ltd, David Russo, Phil Duggan, Russell Collins, Andrew McDonald, Ron Milne T: Michael, Wayne and John... Read More

You take a Group 1-winning mare, out of a Blue Hen of a mother, and put her with a sire renowned in two hemispheres for leaving top-notch offspring.  Et voilà – you make a Golden Slipper contender, this one known as O’President. Pretty straightforward, really. If breeding is this easy, why isn’t everyone doing it?... Read More