Shinzo is Australia’s best two-year-old. With the five Group 1 juvenile races run and won for season 2022-23, the status of the Golden Slipper would ordinarily see the winner lay claim to the title of the nation’s best, but ratings figures also back-up the blueblood Snitzel colt’s performance in the $5 million feature. The Coolmore-owned... Read More

More than just the final Group 1 on the Australian racing calendar, the Tattersall’s Tiara has proven a rich source of future star broodmares over the years. When Bonanova (Star Way) ended her career with a second successive victory in the end-of-season fillies’ and mares’ contest, the Winter Stakes (Gr 3, 1500m) at Eagle Farm... Read More

Hunter Valley-based breeder Jo O’Gorman went to the Magic Millions broodmare sale last month and things didn’t go to plan. But so far, she’s certainly not complaining. O’Gorman, of the boutique Parsons Creek Farm in the lower Hunter best known for breeding Doomben 10,000 winner Mazu (Maurice), ventured to the Gold Coast hoping to sell... Read More

One of global racing’s greatest weeks, Royal Ascot has had a remarkable influence on breeding and bloodstock on both sides of the equator. Two future champion stallions, wearing the same Juddmonte colours, would parlay imperious performances at Royal Ascot into brilliant careers at stud. Danehill (Danzig) and Frankel (Galileo) are linked through their breeder and... Read More

New winners Blue Point (pictured above) – Dark Points (2 c ex Dark Rose Angel by Dark Angel) became the 11th individual winner for Darley shuttler Blue Point (Shamardal) when he landed a six-furlong contest at Ayr.. Bred and raced by Hussain Alabbas Lootah, Dark Points is the first foal out of the Group-placed winning... Read More