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Classy Kinnaird provides Coolmore’s Home Affairs with first stakes winner
Coolmore’s first-season sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) supplied his first stakes winner courtesy of his talented son Kinnaird, who advertised his Karaka Million 2YO (RL, 1200m) credentials when he led home a quinella for the stallion in the Eclipse Stakes (Gr 2, 12000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. Trained by Mark Walker and... Read More
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Fine Kensington win for ‘iron horse’ Zou Sensation
Labelled an ‘iron horse’ by his co-trainer Troy Corstens, Zou Sensation (6 g Zoustar – Dame Claire by Danehill Dancer) kept his excellent run of form going on Wednesday when securing a victory in the Kensington Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Flemington. Having had at least one race a month since May, the now six-year-old gelding... Read More
Star brothers Durazzo and Mazzini hand Armidale Stud a ‘dream’ result in Tassie
Star Thoroughbreds-owned brothers Durazzo and Mazzini capped a memorable day for Armidale Stud and its resident stallion Needs Further (Encosta De Lago) when they both landed their prospective stakes races at Hobart on Sunday. Both trained by Barry Campbell, Mazzini got the day off to a brilliant start when he opened his stakes account in... Read More
Gollan to field strong hand of four in bid for third successive Falvelon
Brisbane powerhouse Tony Gollan mounts a four-pronged assault on Saturday’s Magic Millions Falvelon (Listed, 1200m) as he seeks his third straight win in the $200,000 feature. And two of his runners will be striving to bring his second Falvelon in three years by way of some canny second-hand shopping. Two years ago, Gollan won his... Read More
‘I’ve always wanted to be a trainer’ – Maher graduate Liam Ruddy joins NSW training ranks
The latest young trainer to emerge from the Ciaron Maher system stepped out this week when former racing manager Liam Ruddy was granted his trainer’s licence, with the 25-year-old set to saddle his first runner on Sunday. The Scottish expat, who left the Maher operation in early November, told ANZ News that training had always... Read More
Baker and Ridgmont juveniles gearing up for Magic Millions bids
Trainer Bjorn Baker will split up his early prominent two-year-olds Paradoxium (Extreme Choice) and Masvingo (Zoustar) this Saturday as he looks to build another stellar juvenile campaign amid his booming partnership with Ridgmont. Progressive colt Paradoxium, who earned favouritism for the Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) with an explosive win in MM’s... Read More