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Maher team confident Tempted can make Golden Rose history
The Ciaron Maher team is set for another high-profile weekend across Sydney and Melbourne, headlined by rising three-year-old Tempted (Street Boss) who bids to become the first filly to capture Golden Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) glory since Forensics (Flying Spur) in 2008. The daughter of Darley’s Street Boss (Street Cry) heads into the Rosehill... Read More
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‘Not many horses do what he did that day’ – Runaway Ken Russell Classic winner Beadman set for return
Most of last season’s top echelon of two-year-olds have reappeared for the spring, those who were front and centre on the biggest autumn stages. But one who took a road less travelled that could turn out the most special of them all will resume at Rosehill on Saturday, with connections trying to keep a lid... Read More
Racing NSW: ‘ATC is losing financial resilience’
Peter V’landys’ Racing NSW has moved to illustrate why it issued a notice to the Australian Turf Club to show cause why its board should not be replaced by an administrator, highlighting a list of areas – financial and otherwise – where it says the ATC is falling down. RNSW issued a “participants bulletin” on... Read More
Tulloch Lodge dominate juvenile trials as first-season sires take centre stage
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable and Coolmore’s young sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) were the stars of the show as the season’s juveniles stepped out at Sydney’s first official two-year-old trials on Monday. You can’t really get more “early running” than winning the first two heats at the Kensington trials but that’s... Read More
RNSW’s show-cause notice to ATC triggers industry-wide alarm
Prominent industry figures have expressed alarm over Racing NSW’s (RNSW) show-cause notice against the Australian Turf Club (ATC), with some perceiving an attempt to revive the sale of Rosehill, and one fearing a bid by RNSW to seize total control of the sport in the state, in a Hong Kong-style scenario. Thoroughbred Breeders NSW president... Read More
Joliestar produces perfect Everest trial with Shorts win
Chris Waller’s star mare Joliestar (5 m Zoustar – Jolie Bay by Fastnet Rock) announced herself as a genuine contender for next month’s Everest (Gr 1, 1200m) with a dominant performance in Saturday’s $1 million The Shorts (Gr 2, 1100m) at Randwick. Sent out a $4.80 chance, the Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr 1, 1200m) heroine was... Read More