2 c Gold Standard – Nooks And Crannies by Denman O: Makybe Racing & Breeding Pty Ltd (Mgr: T M Santic), Cavalluccio (Mgr: D V Gangi), Collins St Partners (Mgr: B N Griffith), Megalo Peroukas (Mgr: S Bilalis), M N Spartels, N M Spartels, D J Slater, NP Garland & B J Maher B: Makybe... Read More

A day at Sha Tin in 2013 and strong memories of a grey Tasmanian mare are the plotlines behind breeder David Brideoake’s creation of Salty Pearl (Tagaloa), who claimed another major victory in Saturday’s $500,000 VOBIS Platinum Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. Ciaron Maher’s three-year-old filly was already one of the large handful of stakes winners... Read More

2 c Snitzel ex Humma Humma by Denman O: P M Cunningham, Widden Stud Pty Ltd, Ciaron Maher Racing, W J Betar, P S Frampton, C Massie, P Trainor, J M Simmons, Ms S M Fitzgerald, A K Racing & Ms S Hill B: Widden Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Warringah Stud Farm, Frampton Racing, NSW T:... Read More

Of the many reasons to send a mare to Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt), one in particular received another huge boost on the weekend when Paradoxium (Extreme Choice) won the Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m). Newgate Farm’s $330,000 stallion is of course a siring sensation, despite his well known fertility problems, with Paradoxium one... Read More

The Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) is not just Australia’s greatest horse race, but a national phenomenon. British racing folk may marvel, or even wince, that such status belongs to a handicap – or even that it’s a Group 1 – but the quirky evolution of egalitarian Australia has made it so; where the fabled... Read More