The $20.8 million prize-money earned by recently retired star Nature Strip is not only a tribute to his extraordinary talent and speed, but a sign of an era of astonishing returns. In a stellar 2021-22, Nature Strip (Nicconi) became the first horse in Australian racing history to earn over $10 million in a single season.... Read More

Blue Point – In breaking his maiden over five furlongs at Navan on Thursday, the Michael O’Callaghan-trained Francis Meynell (2 c ex Dame Hester by Diktat) handed Darley’s first-season sire Blue Point (Shamardal) his 31st individual first-crop winner. Represented by 79 starters in the northern hemisphere, Blue Point is standing his fourth season at Darley’s... Read More

After a successful Saturday where his son won the Memsie Stakes and his half-brother won the Tramway Stakes, By The Numbers looks at Bullbars and his own influential sire Elusive Quality.   When Darley ramped-up its investment in Australia in 2003, standing ten stallions on its newly acquired Hunter Valley property, Kelvinside, topping the roster was... Read More

TRAINER: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace RACE: Furious Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) Having shown plenty of promise in a pair of Group-race events as a juvenile last season, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Tiz Invincible (I Am Invincible) broke her maiden in style when landing The Rosebud (Listed, 1100m) at Rosehill earlier this month... Read More

3 c Tavistock – Las Brisas by Shamardal O: Ungar Family, Mr W M Shelton, Mrs S E Shelton, Mr P A Young, Mr A J Rix, Mr B D Playford, Mr D Perkins, Mr L J Howl, Team T S A No. 2, Mr N J Pinner B: B J Lindsay Mnzm & Mrs... Read More