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

2 c Contributer – Dare To Dream by O’Reilly  O: K Rae, M Harris, S and A Rumble, R Dick and D McHugh B: Kevin Hickman T: Ken Rae & Krystal Williams-Tuhoro S: 2020 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale, Book 2  V: Valachi Downs  P: Ken Rae Stables,  $24,000 W: Nobby Bussell Memorial 2YO Handicap, 800m,... Read More

Two academic points spring to mind in an assessment of Verry Elleegant.  The most obvious is that the spelling is a tiny bit off. The second, from the mare’s pedigree, suggests the maths don’t quite hit the mark either.  The factor that screams “potential champion” in the lineage of the five-year-old, who’ll attempt to become... Read More