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Waitak takes to sprinting in a big way

Magnificent seven for jockey Kennedy as Proisir’s four-year-old son adds to sire’s reputation Kiwi stayer-turned-sprinter Waitak showed his need for speed in the Railway (Gr 1, 1200m), once again demonstrating the versatility of his reigning champion New Zealand sire Proisir (Choisir).  The rejuvenated four-year-old, who ran in a New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) and... Read More

Back-to-back stakes triumphs for Acquitted

Australian Bloodstock’s import Acquitted (Night Of Thunder) took 26 starts to achieve a stakes success, and now he’s won two in a row, after claiming yesterday’s Bernborough Plate (Listed, 1600m) at Eagle Farm. The Kris Lees-trained seven-year-old backed up his length and a half win in Doomben’s Tails Stakes (Listed, 1600m) on December 2 with... Read More

Magic Millions Cup next for well-bred Zarastro

Million dollar yearling turned Inglis Digital bargain buy Zarastro (I Am Invincible) again showed the sunny climes of Queensland were to his liking in winning a second Brisbane stakes race in succession in yesterday’s Magic Millions Falvelon (Listed, 1200m) at Eagle Farm. The first live foal of Adrift (Zabeel), a Group 2-winning three-quarter sister to... Read More

Storm Boy and Straight Charge continue Tulloch Lodge’s juvenile dominance

Waterhouse and Bott further tightened their grip on upcoming two-year-old features as exciting duo post impressive dual-state double Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott flexed their Magic Millions muscle with a scintillating dual-state double yesterday that again showed off their rare draft of two-year-old talent this season. Storm Boy (Justify) and Straight Charge (Written By) were... Read More

Ross hopeful Mishani Aloha can cause McLachlan upset

Dual Doomben-winning daughter of Kobayashi attempting to become her Aquis stallion’s first stakes winner Colourful Queensland trainer Les Ross is confident one of his 50 Mishanis – the $4,000 yearling Mishani Aloha (Kobayashi) – is “a live chance” of upsetting some far more expensive two-year-olds in today’s BJ McLachlan Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Eagle... Read More

Eustace lands Hong Kong licence after meteoric rise

Ciaron Maher Racing confident it’ll be status quo despite loss of stable’s co-trainer Ciaron Maher’s right-hand man David Eustace will move to Hong Kong ahead of next season as the Jockey Club continues the renewal of its training ranks, ending months of speculation that he would leave the Australian racing behemoth for Asia. Englishman Eustace,... Read More