Prominent Silverdale Farm principal shares in ownership of Stay Inside and intriguing former Hungarian trainee Nancho Currently locked down in Sydney due to restrictions in response to the outbreak of Covid-19, owner Steve Grant had plenty to keep him entertained during yesterday’s much anticipated Randwick barrier trials, sharing in the ownership of three key horses... Read More

Hard Too Think’s Singapore Derby win is the latest triumph for Vinery Stud’s blueblood stallion  A Group 1-winning Hong Kong sprinter and a Singapore Derby (Local Gr 1, 1800m) winner have spearheaded success for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard (Casino Prince) in the lucrative Asian jurisdictions over the last six months, success that is fueling... Read More

Stokes reveals Group 1 ambitions with talented sprinter after first-up Group 3 win Almost four months ago, there was a small clue given by trainer Phillip Stokes that the best was still ahead of Sansom (Charm Spirit), who at the time had one stakes win to his name, the Chatham Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) during... Read More

Son of Shamardal sidelined from southern hemisphere stint days out from flight to Australia Champion European two-year-old Pinatubo (Shamardal), an unbeaten juvenile of six races who returned at three to win a third Group 1, will not shuttle to Australia this year after contracting a viral eye infection. Godolphin Australia yesterday made the shock announcement... Read More

Michael Kent Snr believes Australians are ‘doing ourselves a disservice’  Breeders have made an impassioned defence of the sector after criticism was levelled at stud farms which claimed they were only concerned about producing sales horses rather than racing stock, which was to the detriment of the nation’s thoroughbred industry. Victorian trainer Michael Kent Snr... Read More