Risk of last-minute Covid restrictions too great for club to commit to second day of Cup carnival Scone would have been irresponsible if it pressed ahead with its standalone Saturday meeting in May with the risk of Covid-19 crowd restrictions hanging a cloud over its head, the race club’s chair says. Racing NSW on Tuesday... Read More

George Hope is 97. Alan Simpson is 91. They live independently but nearby in Melbourne’s south-east and both had many a story to tell when I was privileged to catch up with them for a chat last month. We were joined by Ron Hutchinson, 93, who admirably (and happily) spent most of the afternoon deferring... Read More

New first season sire winners Shalaa Tidal Impact (2 f ex Eventide by Dane Shadow) pulverised her opposition on debut at Coonamble on Sunday to provide first season sire Shalaa (Invincible Spirit) with his fourth individual southern hemisphere winner. Trained by Damien Lane, Tidal Impact landed the Southern Cross Turf Boot Prelude (1100m) by nine... Read More

Glistening (AUS) 2 f Zoustar – Beethog by Shevhog O: James Harron Bloodstock Fillies (Mgr: J Harron), P Fleming, T E Kennedy, G1G Racing & Breeding (Mgr: Mrs T L Vogel, Mrs S Williams, Aston Bloodstock (Mgr: W J Mula), P J Fekete, A G Harvey, M Vukadinovic, Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia (Mgr: K W Maloney),... Read More

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