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Keys hoping to unlock Star Witness filly’s promise in Prelude

Winsum’s half-sister Caliper earns debut in Blue Diamond lead-up at Caulfield on Saturday Ken Keys, the Cranbourne trainer who continues to skirt around the edges of a yearling sale in his quest to unearth his stable’s next good horse, will have a throw at the stumps with an unraced Star Witness (Starcraft) filly in the... Read More

Autumn is Peltzer’s time to step out from the shadows

So You Think colt set to resume in the Eskimo Prince Stakes on his favoured Randwick track The hype around three-year-olds whose stud careers have already been sewn up may have Eskimo Prince Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) contender Peltzer (So You Think) flying under the radar, but Gerald Ryan wants to wait and see what... Read More

Newgate buys into Capitalist colt Profiteer

Odds-on Inglis Millennium (RL, 1200m) favourite Profiteer will have a new majority owner when the Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt runs in Saturday’s $2 million juvenile race after Newgate Farm negotiated a deal to buy into the son of its promising Golden Slipper-winning sire. Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field announced  late yesterday that the Hunter... Read More

Speedster Pippie first big-name recruit heading to Chairman’s Sale

Dual Group 1 winner confirmed for Inglis breeding stock auction, but no decision on Melody Belle Inglis has landed the first blow in the competitive auction house rivalry to acquire high-end breeding stock with confirmation that dual Group 1-winning sprinter Pippie (Written Tycoon), a valuable outcross mare, will be offered at this year’s Chairman’s Sale.... Read More

Enthaar electrifies Caulfield in Chairman’s Stakes

Gimcrack winner makes it two from two and heads markets for Blue Diamond, Golden Slipper Enthaar (2 f Written Tycoon – Final Agreement by Not A Single Doubt) is set to start the shortest-priced Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite in a decade when she lines up in the $2 million feature on February... Read More

Galvin: Melody Belle ‘on the edge of history’

Fortuna champion looks to join ‘the mare of the world’ Sunline as New Zealand’s most prolific thoroughbred of all time  For 18 years and 10 months, to the day, the incomparable Sunline (Desert Sun) has sat alone atop the list of New Zealand’s most successful trainees of all time. With that famous Doncaster Handicap (Gr... Read More