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Three for Capitalist

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

First for Astern

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)

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

O’President

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

New Zealand fishing family haul in another big one

Aegon’s owners prepare for another hectic Saturday across the Tasman Sporting a distinct set of racing silks that represent the Italian flag, Aegon (Sacred Falls) flashed home to win the Hobartville Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) last start, announcing to the world that we will be seeing a bit more of the green, white and red... Read More

Melbourne Cup Tour open for applications

Applications to become a host venue for the 2021 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour are open, with the opportunity for a rural or regional Cup Tour community to win $50,000 through the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour National Sweep initiative. Now in its 19th year in operation, the Tour has travelled to more than 530 destinations across... Read More