Three deities of the Australian industry, famous for three different reasons, made their mark on Saturday: the former racetrack champion; the super sire, and the outstanding broodmare. To say former–champion is perhaps understating it: We’re dealing with probably the best sprinter of all time, once rated the best horse in the world. Yet Black Caviar’s... Read More

Got a confession to make. Don’t go to the races much any more.  The problem is, chiefly, that racing is a great television sport. That is something current and future racing’s administrators will have to grapple with. What’s the attraction or, indeed, the incentive to be on course? Especially now in Australia when, through the... Read More

Saturday’s Captain Cook Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner’s prize of $172,250 saw Savabeel (Zabeel) surge from fifth to second on this season’s premiership but the leader, Proisir (Choisir), who enjoyed an outstanding spring, has a $630,000 margin as the summer part of the season heats up. The riches of the Auckland, Wellington and Waikato carnivals... Read More

New winners Harry Angel (pictured above) – Darley’s Harry Angel (Dark Angel) sired his 26th individual winner when Flying Spirit (2  c ex Olinda by Nayef) kept on well to take out a nursery over seven furlongs at Lingfield. Trained by Heather Main, the colt justified his place at the head of the market as... Read More

As those bits of inspiration on Facebook say, the fact any of us is alive – amid the randomness of the universe – is a miracle. And it’s the same for horse as for human. The odds of breeding a stakes winner are also rather large, but for Little Brose to have become the burgeoning... Read More