La Pleine Lune (AUS) 2 c Puissance de Lune – Cinq Dames by Snitzel O: L Lee B: Ryco Equine Pty Ltd T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes S: Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Showcase Session V:  Collingrove Stud  P: Victor Lee, $80,000 W: Rafferty’s Tavern 2YO Handicap, 1200m, May 1, Warrnambool The Lindsay Park-trained La... Read More

Of all the myriad statistics that can be accumulated by a stallion of his standing – both as in ‘status’ and actual years of standing at stud – there is one that puts a halo on Fastnet Rock’s (Danehill) CV as globally elite. It’s not his two Australian champion sires titles from 2012 and 2015.... Read More

3 f Fastnet Rock – Lights Of Heaven by Zabeel O: Mrs J Wanless B: Mrs J Wanless T: Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman W: Roderick Insurance Maiden Plate, 1212m, April 24, Geelong My Xanadu (Fastnet Rock) made a winning start to her career when taking out a maiden over 1212 metres at Geelong on... Read More

The Victorian Owners and Breeders day will be held at Caulfield on Saturday – the $1 million The Showdown (1200m) for Victorian-sired two-year-olds the headline act – but will it be the last time the meeting is conducted in its current format? I’d say so, with the meeting losing its stature being run the week... Read More

It’s been a long journey to have Kintyre (Hallowed Crown) join his year older half-sister Fireburn (Rebel Dane) as a stakes winner, its arduous nature illustrated further by Saturday’s Frank Packer Plate (Gr 3, 2000m) breakthrough having to be settled in the stewards’ room. But while it might be tempting to also call it mystical,... Read More