Features

Newcomers Ng and Chung strike immediate impact

Freshman Hong Kong trainer Pierre Ng and new apprentice Angus Chung have both made a successful start to their tenures in the jurisdiction, recording winners within the first week of the new racing season in the city. Ng, a Hong Kong blueblood as the son of one of the city’s longest-serving trainers Peter Ng, had... Read More

So Dazzling

Old hands and new have combined to bring us So Dazzling, the latest piece of equine excitement amidst the seemingly unstoppable rise of So You Think (High Chaparral), and an early favourite for the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m). In terms of the former camp, she’s the emerging potential star from New Zealand expat John... Read More

Mott hungers for further spring success

Jamie Mott. You’d liken him to Steven Arnold. Too tall, too big and too decent a bloke to be successful in the sometimes cut-throat world of race riding. Hungry – literally and metaphorically – Mott has mastered the extraordinary self-discipline required to defy his size, just as the recently retired Arnold did throughout a distinguished... Read More

15 for Harry Angel

New winners Harry Angel (pictured above) – Darley shuttler Harry Angel (Dark Angel) took his winners tally to 15 as he sired a double last week. Glenfinnan (2 c ex Fatanah by Green Desert) provided the son of Dark Angel (Acclamation) with his 14th winner when scoring at the third time of asking in a... Read More

Lyons: Nature Strip is one of Australia’s greatest sprinters

Five trainers, 38 starts, 21 wins, and more than $18 million in prize-money later, Nature Strip (Nicconi) has taken his group of owners on an incredible journey since he first stepped onto the racetrack in a maiden race at Mornington back in 2017. Rod Lyons is one of those lucky people and has nothing but... Read More

Tajneed (AUS)

Tajneed (AUS) 3 f I Am Invincible – Roudha by Galileo O: Emirates Park B: Emirates Park T: Peter and Paul Snowden W: Ladbrokes Market Control Maiden (1300m), Sandown-Hillside, September 14 Peter and Paul Snowden unleashed another promising filly this week as Tajneed (I Am Invincible) put a recent Canterbury trial win to good use... Read More