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‘It wasn’t the week the Aussies wanted’ – Royal Ascot 2023 in review
A first win for Charles, the King of the United Kingdom, a final four winners for Frankie, the king of Ascot, and God knows how many big-priced winners spread across five days, Royal Ascot 2023 proved, as always, to be a memorable meeting. Below, in no particular order, is a brief snapshot of those who... Read More
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World’s best Equinox likely to stay in Japan
For all of the highlights of the five days of Royal Ascot week, they were always likely to be upstaged in a couple of minutes on Sunday when Equinox cemented his rating as the world’s best horse with victory in the Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin. The four-year-old, by Kitasan Black, was appearing for the first... Read More
The Australian Group 1 season in review
With all 74 Group 1 races for the Australian racing season completed, we take a look at the most successful horses, trainers, jockeys, breeders, vendors, owners, buyers, sires and broodmare sires. When Palaisipan (So You Think) strode to victory in last Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm, she became the 61st, and... Read More
Ten for Brave Smash
New winners Brave Smash – Yarraman Park’s Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom) extended his lead by winners on the Australian first season sires’ title to three with six weeks of the racing year to run. Brave Smash’s tenth individual winner from 25 runners, the Kris Lees-trained Power Of The Brave (2 g ex More For Me,by... Read More
The puzzle linking Gooree Park to Northern Farm
The legacy of Eduardo Cojuangco continues to be felt after Palaisipan delivered Group 1 glory for Katsumi Yoshida at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Saturday’s victory by Palaisipan (So You Think) in the final Australian Group 1 of the season, the Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m), may have been a moment of triumph for one of... Read More
Mantua
TRAINER: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace RACE: The McCafe Handicap (1000m) Ciaron Maher and David Eustace may have struck out on the biggest stage at Royal Ascot this week as Coolangatta (Written Tycoon) finished down the field in the King’s Stand Stakes (Gr 1, 5f), but on the home front the training partnership has landed... Read More