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WA’s stellar stallion set to rise in the east with West Star
Western Australia’s dominant sire Playing God (Blackfriars) will get a chance to land a blow on the eastern seaboard this Saturday when his speedy son West Star lines up in the Gilgai Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m), after which trainer Simon Miller will prepare the four-year-old for a “redemption mission” in the $10 million Golden Eagle... Read More
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Team McEvoy prepare to unleash exciting trio of juveniles at Flemington
Tony and Calvin McEvoy are set to make a splash when Victorian two-year-old racing begins at Flemington on Saturday, with a three-pronged assault on the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (Listed, 1000m) heavily flavoured by the race’s sponsor, Darley. The father-son team are poised to start a colt and two fillies by Darley sires: Godolphin colt Knurl... Read More
Emirates Park toast brilliant weekend on the racetrack with fine stakes treble
Emirates Park celebrated a weekend to remember, breeding three individual stakes winners within 24 hours. The success got off to an impressive start when the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Charm Stone (I Am Invincible), who Emirates Park bred and sold, won the Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at The Valley, which was then... Read More
Skybird secures Inglis slot for The Everest
Group 1-winning mare Skybird (Exosphere) has been confirmed as Inglis’ representative in next month’s $20 million The Everest (Gr 1, 1200m) at Randwick. Trained by Mitch Freedman, Skybird made her top-level breakthrough earlier this year when she unleashed a devastating turn of foot to win the Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) at Flemington in February. ... Read More
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
‘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