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The rise and rise of Annabel Neasham
A look at the key numbers behind the rise of trainer Annabel Neasham just three years into her training career. Last Friday marked the third anniversary of Annabel Neasham’s first-ever runner as a trainer. A day later, at Rosehill, she celebrated her 38th stakes success when impressive and as-yet-unbeaten colt Libertad (Russian Revolution) won the... Read More
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General Salute (AUS)
TRAINER: Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou RACE: San Domenico Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou have handed their promising colt General Salute (Russian Revolution) an early season chance to prove himself in stakes company as he tackles today’s San Domenico Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Rosehill. Having made a promising debut when... Read More
Bezique (NZ)
3 g Ace High – Kashika by Bachelor Duke O: Mal Barratt & Tania Patterson B: Gordon Cunningham T: Ken Rae and Krystal Williams S: 2022 NZB National Yearling Sale V: Curraghmore P: ML Barratt, NZ$20,000 W: Harcourts Bream Bay And Waipu Maiden, 1200m, August 19, Ruakaka Rich Hill Stud’s second-season sire Ace High (High... Read More
Daughters building their sires’ international influence
By The Numbers looks at how strong the influence of the world’s best stallions is in Australasia through the progeny of their daughters. The inspiration for a By The Numbers column can come from many different places. Sales or race results often set the scene, while other times it can be a tweet or a... Read More
Opening Group 1 of the season brings about family affair
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… That was an Andy Williams song, written about Christmas, but sod that. For those of us besotted with another, more enduring season, it applies to right now. The sun shines, the warmer breezes of spring fill the lungs, the mares are foaling, and the most alluring races,... Read More
From Arqana August to Australia
Recent history tells us that the action at this week’s yearling sales in France are likely to have a bearing on Australia’s best races in the coming years. They have been selling yearlings at Deauville in August since 1887. But in that long history no sale has reached the heights of the 2023 Arqana August... Read More