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Stallion Watch

New winners Shalaa – Arrowfield shuttler Shalaa (Invincible Spirit) was represented by his seventh individual winner from his first northern hemisphere crop on Saturday when Legal Attack (2 c ex Lauren Louise by Tagula) struck on debut at Newmarket. The Simon and Ed Crisford trained juvenile was sent off as favourite and looks a colt... Read More

Commanding Missile (AUS)

3 g Smart Missile – Ocean Tempest by Bel Esprit O: P M J Ma B: Gooree Park Stud Pty Ltd T: Annabel Neasham  W: Segenhoe Maiden Handicap (1100m), August 25, Scone Commanding Missile (Smart Missile) looks set to progress to far better things after overcoming difficulties to score a very good win on his... Read More

Hundred-plus Classic races won by ‘The Incomparables’

ANZ Bloodstock News’ ongoing research reveals the impact of the group we’ve dubbed ‘The Incomparables’ was even greater than first thought.  This remarkable group of Australian jockeys travelled to the British Isles and Europe through the 20th century and amassed a huge tally of Classic and major race wins – especially through to the 1970s.... Read More

Second for Epaulette

New Group / Grade 1 winners Epaulette – Darley’s Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Epaulette (Commands) registered his second Group or Grade 1 winner on Saturday, his first in the northern hemisphere, when Red Lark (3 f ex Firecrest by Darshaan) caused a shock in taking the Del Mar Oaks (Gr 1, 9f).... Read More

Bella Nipotina (AUS)

3 f Pride Of Dubai – Bella Orfana by Star Witness O: Longwood Racing, Mt Hallowell Stud, Conquered By None Breeding & Racing, Mr T J Pender, Mr N R Reynolds, Miss S M Miller, Mrs P T Christian, Conquered by None Breeding & Racing 2 B: Saconi Thoroughbreds T: Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes... Read More

Bullock conquered England and Germany!

– The third jockey to join our list of Incomparables –  Francis (Frank) Joseph Patrick Bullock (1885 – 1946) was the most successful jockey at home and abroad of the remarkable Australians who ventured overseas in the first decade of the twentieth century. Bullock was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2006... Read More