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Longwood Thoroughbred Farm’s Michael Christian knows a bit about breaking droughts. As an AFL footballer, he was a member of the Collingwood side that in 1990 finally ended the giant club’s long wait for a premiership, one prolonged through 32 years and countless heartbreaks – even a drawn grand final and lost replay in 1977.... Read More

23 for Harry Angel

New winners Harry Angel (pictured above) – Harry Angel (Dark Angel) sired his 23rd individual winner from his first northern hemisphere-bred crop when Warrior Angel (2 c ex Zendaya by Invincible Spirit) won a 1200-metre maiden at Pisa. The colt won by two lengths in defeating Cherry Season (Arcano), while Strong Enough (Oasis Dream) was... Read More

Wild celebrations at Waikato after memorable day

Social media lit up with epic scenes of celebration at Waikato Stud after I Wish I Win (Savabeel) landed the $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill on Saturday. Mark Chittick, the principal of the leading New Zealand thoroughbred nursery was hosting a Derby Day party for friends, family, and staff at the farm, and soon... Read More

Kazou (AUS), Ulanova (AUS)

Kazou (AUS) 3 f Zoustar – Cat Moves by Tale Of The Cat O: Mr C J Waller, Gandharvi, Ms M J Waller, Mr A A Lockhart, Mr R Smith, Mr I Bruce, Lamphee Racing, Mr M Phillips, Mrs L Phillips, Mr K T Pobjie, Mrs S L Pobjie, Mr W J Peterson, Ms S... Read More

Shorten period between two-year-old sales to help internationals

Champion Hong Kong trainer John Moore may have bailed on his Gold Coast stable experiment earlier this year, but his nephew James Moore believes the glitter strip is the place to secure his own long-term training future. James Moore chose not to follow his father Gary, the younger brother of John, to Macau where the... Read More

Kote

Some generational depth of both the human and equine variety has come to the fore in Kote, the headstrong son of Choisir, who’s emerging as a sprinter to watch for his trainer – and breeder – Anthony Cummings.   As a teenager in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Cummings would travel to stud farms... Read More