For three decades from 1978, the Nine Network used the slogan “Still The One” to promote both its perceived and genuine dominance in the Australian broadcast market, especially after the emergence of cable television in the mid 1990s. Their ads, backed by the Orleans song of the same name, featured many of their personalities espousing... Read More

2 f I Am Invincible – Anatina by Fastnet Rock O: M C Mathiesen, Miss H Mathiesen, Mrs O Ronsini, Mrs L Feghali, T P S Racing (Mgr: D M Gillies), Ormonde Bloodstock (Mgr: Miss L Ryan) & Nigel Jones Bloodstock (Mgr: N D Jones) B: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd T: Ciaron Maher and... Read More

The best-known link between Denmark and Australia probably comes in the form of Mary Donaldson, the former Tasmanian advertising worker who married the heir to the Danish throne and is now Crown Princess Mary. But you wonder if anyone in Denmark knows there’s an extremely formidable branch of Australian thoroughbred royalty that traces back, the... Read More

Dual Arc winner added to Incomparables William James Williamson (December 19, 1922 – January 28, 1979) won 36 Group 1 races in England, Ireland and France including the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe twice.  His international tally of Group 1 wins was bettered only by Scobie Breasley and Togo Johnstone among our “Incomparables” – the... Read More

New first season sire winners Belardo Hale Bopp (2 c ex Emperors Pearl by Holy Roman Emperor) brought up Belardo’s (Lope De Vega) ninth individual winner when landing the Irish EBF Median Sires Series (C & G) Maiden (7f) at Dundalk on Friday night. The Ger Lyons-trained two-year-old was making his second start after finishing... Read More