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Early foals with lofty goals
With the first foals of the Australasian-breeding season hitting the ground, we take a look at the performance of early foals in Australia’s best races over the past decade. When Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni) won the 2022 Northerly Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), she was the earliest Australian-born foal to graduate to Group 1 success of the... Read More
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I Am Me
She’s a push-button horse with a name that literally couldn’t be simpler, but amid the ups and downs of racing and breeding, I Am Me (I Am Invincible) has taken a circuitous route to potentially becoming Australia’s next sprinting superstar mare: from riches to rags, then a few more rags, but now to riches again.... Read More

Australasia’s top winner-getters
Which Australasian stallions provide the best chance for getting a winner? A look at the combined Australian and New Zealand sires’ tables for the recently completed racing season points the way. Much has already been written about another record-breaking season for Yarraman Park’s juggernaut I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) in 2022-23. The undisputed current star... Read More

24 for Blue Point
New winners Blue Point – Darley shuttler Blue Point (Shamardal) chalked up his 24th individual first-crop winner courtesy of Forever Blue’s (2 f ex Toujours L’Amour by Authorized) debut triumph over six furlongs at Haydock. Trained by Ralph Beckett, the filly was bought by Alex Elliott for 80,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October... Read More

Flying the flag from Flemington to Fannie Bay
Intro: Darwin and Melbourne may be at opposite ends of Australia, but when it comes to racing revelry – and at least one equine family – they are inextricably linked. Story: Of the 315 active racetracks in Australia, few are more different in setting than Flemington and Fannie Bay. The former hosted the first stakes... Read More

Warlords
TRAINER: Trent Busuttin and Natalie YoungRACE: VRC Member Matthew Hodder Plate (1410m) Following a taking winning debut at Sale last month, the Trent Busttin and Natalie Young-trained Warlords (Saxon Warrior) will make the jump up to Saturday company today when he contests the VRC Member Matthew Hodder Plate (1410m) at Flemington. Having been sent off... Read More