Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Youngstar had to overcome difficulties apart from the rain affected going but the Chris Waller-trained filly was still able to finish strongly for a narrow victory, her fourth in a row from only seven starts. Youngstar defeated Another Dollar (Ocean Park) by a nose with Sheezdashing (Myboycharlie) just a half-head further... Read More

The big, handsome chestnut colt was unfazed by the sloppy dirt tracks encountered in both Classics and will bid to complete the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes (Gr 1, 12f) in New York on 9 June, a feat last achieved by Coolmore’s American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) in 2015. Justify is the seventh horse... Read More

Newhaven Park Stud’s English (Encosta de Lago), still racing as a rising six-year-old, is another exception to the rule, the decision to keep her going well justified by her victory in last Saturday’s $700,000 Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, 1200m) in which she produced a strong finishing sprint to defeat the somewhat unlucky, stud-bound Impending (Lonhro)... Read More

Slightly less favoured than his stablemate Gustav Klimt (Galileo), the big, powerfully-built Saxon Warrior was having his first start of the year after recording three wins from three starts at two years in 2017. On Saturday, ridden by his trainer’s teenage son Donnacha O’Brien, the still green Saxon Warrior reached the lead just over a... Read More

The winner, in dashing style by a half-length, was rising star Ivictory (Mossman), a four-year-old gelding, who defeated two stablemates, Mr Stunning (Exceed And Excel) and Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook), giving their Australian trainer John Size a memorable trifecta in this prestige sprint test. Ivictory was bred in NSW by John Woods (The Old Crossing),... Read More