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Cross Talk team hoping early step up in class can reap rewards
Former New Zealander Cross Talk (Keano) takes the next step of a burgeoning career with an unexpected rise to stakes grade at Rosehill today, with co-trainer Adrian Bott quietly confident his obvious class can carry the day. The obscurely-bred, lightly-raced rising five-year-old has made a sharp impression on Sydney, albeit in off-peak grade, winning three... Read More
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Pearce collecting a fleet of high-class broodmares
Bill Pearce, once a large-scale breeder of standardbreds before turning his attention to thoroughbreds, has been enjoying a quick winter escape in Far North Queensland but his growing breeding and racing interests are not far from the front of his mind. The Bromfield Park principal has made an increasing investment in the high-end broodmare market,... Read More
Bourne hoping Lightning strikes in Adelaide
David “Butch” Bourne’s dilligence more than two years ago, along with an ounce of good fortune, has paved the way for the Seymour-based trainer to chase the fifth stakes win of his nearly four-decade racing career. Ojosan, a $50,000 filly purchased by Bourne for owner Mike Howard at the 2020 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale,... Read More
McDonald gets feel for Snitzel colt in late-season Randwick barrier trial
The new owners of talented rising three-year-old Best Of Bordeaux (Snitzel), potentially the best colt of his generation, got to see a glimpse of their high-profile purchase, with a low-key barrier trial in Sydney yesterday. With James McDonald in the saddle for the first time, and wearing Coolmore’s synonymous blue silks, noted on-pacer Best Of... Read More
Vieira backs his star Trapeze Artist with owners in running for share of $2 million bonus
Exuberant owner and breeder Bert Vieira will put up $2 million of his own money, such is his unwavering belief in his four-time Group 1-winning stallion Trapeze Artist (Snitzel), as a lucrative bonus with the sire’s first crop of rising two-year-olds closing in on their racetrack debuts in the new racing season. The Sydney businessman,... Read More
MP Parton goes into bat for capital’s racing industry
Funding assured but politician campaigning to shore up Canberra’s thoroughbred industry Canberra may be the capital of Australia, but its thoroughbred racing industry is in danger of becoming a national backwater, if not wiped out all together, as the ACT’s Greens Party pushes for the withdrawal of government funding for the sport. The ACT government... Read More