Fresh from once more topping the aggregates at his home state yearling sale Inglis Premier, Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (High Chaparral) is flying high again after his first Australian two-year-old stakes winner on Saturday. Grinzinger Heart (Toronado) clung on tenaciously to take the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) by 0.06 lengths at Flemington at... Read More

Andrea Atzeni’s surge up the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship gained further impetus at Sha Tin on Sunday when the Italian produced a career-best quartet in Hong Kong, while Fast Network (Wrote) claimed the day’s feature to underline Ka Ying Rising’s (Shamexpress) supreme quality. Atzeni triumphed on He Was Me (Needs Further) (119lb) for Tony Cruz... Read More

The Ben Brisbourne-trained filly Grinzinger Heart (Toronado) turned the form of her debut fourth in the Talindert Stakes (Listed, 1100m) around when producing a determined front-running performance in Saturday’s VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Flemington. Ridden by Craig Williams, the daughter of Toronado (High Chaparral) jumped well from barrier four and rolled... Read More

Godolphin’s promising filly Medicinal (Brazen Beau) was another juvenile to confirm her elite-level potential with a stylish victory in Saturday’s Ottawa Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Flemington. Trained by Ben, Will and JD Hayes, the daughter of Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) entered the race off the back of a dominant maiden win at Ballarat... Read More

Annabel Archibald and Rob Archibald received a timely vote of confidence from champion jockey James McDonald after Chayan’s luckless seventh place in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and the filly repaid that faith with a dominant victory in Saturday’s Reisling Stakes at Randwick.  Soon after her unplaced effort in the Melbourne juvenile feature,... Read More