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Ward yearning for Everest berth with ‘right horse’
US trainer will saddle first season shuttle stallion-sired favourites for Queen Mary and Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot today Just uttering the name Wesley Ward will strike fear into rival Royal Ascot trainers, with the US handler having dominated the juvenile sprint features at the royal meeting in recent years. And this season looks likely... Read More
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Spring campaign being mapped out for Tatt’s Tiara-bound filly Odeum
Lucrative Golden Eagle proving hard to ignore for connections of talented rising four-year-olds The $7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) is firmly on the radar of Group 1-winning filly Odeum (Written Tycoon) but not before she attempts to take out a second race at the highest level this season, taking on the older mares to bring... Read More
Tofane justifies connections’ call to hold on to her with Stradbroke win
Ocean Park mare adds second Group 1 to CV, now Cox Plate a possibility for the Mick Moroney-trained five-year-old Jockey Craig Williams’ determination to gain the ride on Group 1-winning mare Tofane (Ocean Park) was rewarded when the valuable mare won the Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m), her second victory at the highest level and... Read More
Beast from the East set to create deep impact in southern hemisphere
Maurice answering more than the Danehill call for Arrowfield Stud as Port Louis and Invinsible Tears bid for first Group 1 In 2013, Galileo’s (Sadler’s Wells) dominance in Europe, both on the track and subsequently in the broodmare band, prompted Coolmore to look East to the rising sun of Japan to source an outcross stallion... Read More
Acrobat bounces back from life-threatening illness with Coolmore Stud Stakes becoming focus
Exciting Fastnet Rock colt on way to Melbourne to start spring preparation with Maher and Eustace Acrobat (Fastnet Rock), a one-time Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite and this season’s forgotten juvenile, will be given the chance to make up for lost time as a three-year-old after winning a remarkable life-and-death battle with illness. ... Read More
Valuable mare Tofane could still be on the market
Winter carnival to determine whether daughter of Ocean Park races on next season Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) contender Tofane (Ocean Park), whose racetrack career was extended after connections gave up a gilt-edged opportunity to sell the valuable mare at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, could still be traded before this year’s breeding season.... Read More