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By The Numbers – Century up for freshman sires
Intro: The record of the current first-season crop of sires continues to build, with Saturday’s racing featuring four winners and a milestone. Story: When Mishani Star (Performer) eased to victory in a humble Rockhampton maiden on Saturday, not only did he become the fourth winner for his recently sold stallion Performer (Exceed And Excel), but... Read More
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Tutta La Vita
Tutta La Vita TRAINER: Chris Waller RACE: The Agency Real Estate Handicap (1400m) Tutta La Vita came within a nose width of providing her sire The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) with a fourth individual first crop winner, enduring an agonising defeat to Congregation (Snitzel) at Rosehill a fortnight ago when running into a blockade of... Read More
Joliestar (AUS)
2 f Zoustar – Jolie Bay by Fastnet Rock O: B J Lindsay & Mrs J E A Lindsay B: Chris Barham T: Chris Waller S: 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia P: Cambridge Stud, $950,000 W: Schweppes Maiden Plate, 1200m, June 12, Warwick Farm Making her greatly anticipated debut having... Read More
‘Everyone says without Yulong you’d be stuffed, well, actually, no, we wouldn’t’
Cambridge Stud’s Henry Plumptre, who made the call to spend $950,000 on Joliestar (Zoustar) at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale on behalf of Brendan and Jo Lindsay, was as relieved as he was excited when the juvenile made the perfect start to her racing career on Monday. Wearing the Lindsays’ black and yellow checked... Read More
Moody’s luck with the ‘ladies’ continues
Eleven years ago, Peter Moody created Royal Ascot history with Black Caviar and now, in the second iteration of his training career, the stats say fillies and mares are playing an even bigger role in his success. Few racing comebacks in recent years have created more interest than when Peter Moody returned to training in... Read More
King Colorado
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace powered to their 11th Group 1 of the season on Saturday when King Colorado (Kingman) – a colt with a scintillating pedigree in more ways than one – took the JJ Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1600m) at Eagle Farm. The all-conquering stable’s surge towards its first national premiership this season... Read More