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Vitani (AUS) 3 f Animal Kingdom – Anapine by Anabaa

The Wendy Kelly-trained filly Vitani (Animal Kingdom) followed seconds at her first two starts to score really impressively here. She began well and was eased to settle well in fourth place, behind a good tempo. She improved on straightening, challenged approaching the 100 metre mark and went on to record a three and a quarter... Read More

Winx returns brilliant closing sectional times in last-to-first Queen Elizabeth victory

Not beaten in a race since 28 March, 2015, Saturday’s triumph was her 25th successive win so Winx’s turn of foot will come as no surprise, but her second Queen Elizabeth Stakes-winning performance on the watch was so good it deserves highlighting. Ridden patiently by Hugh Bowman, Winx was conceding the leaders about ten lengths... Read More

Winx: possibly the best ever?

The numbers do suggest she may well be the best of the past 50 years, which happens to be within my memory span. And the numbers, at least cursorily, have her ranked very highly all-time. And, by the way, this is a bit of fun. I would be be delighted by critique but not abuse.... Read More

Unforgotten the fastest ever Australian Oaks winner

Her time of 2:27.21 easily broke the previous record of 2:28.80 set by Serenade Rose (Stravinsky) in 2006 but since then the Australian Oaks has mostly been run on rain affected tracks. Coming from well back in the field, Unforgotten finished powerfully in the home straight to catch the front-running Hiyaam (High Chaparral) in the... Read More

Curtain comes down prematurely on Single Gaze’s wonderful career

The one and only mare Winx will be there we trust – barring some overnight misadventure – and an emerging female with star quality is set to take the ATC Oaks. That, in my view, is Hiyaam who would certainly then become the best of her sire High Chaparral’s female progeny. But first a word... Read More

Trapeze Artist provides a star performance in winning Saturday’s T J Smith Stakes

The 2017 Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winning colt, recorded his second Group One success in most impressive fashion, dashing clear despite a wide trip, to defeat the outstanding sprinter Redzel (Snitzel) by two lengths in the fast time of 1:08.29. That was only 0.23 seconds outside of Deploy’s (Fastnet Rock) course record of... Read More