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Slipper success for ambitious Field and Freedmans with Stay Inside
Exciting Extreme Choice colt stamps himself as a top-shelf performer with dominant win in delayed Group 1 Henry Field’s well-considered early gamble totalling tens of millions of dollars to corner this season’s best available two-year-old colts has been handsomely rewarded after Stay Inside (Extreme Choice) produced an electric performance to emphatically take out yesterday’s delayed... Read More
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Diamond prepares for Golden Slipper tilt with an arsenal of six
G1G Racing and Breeding gang tackles $3.5 million two-year-old race with help of Harron and Field Gary Diamond has shares in six horses who will line up in tomorrow’s second coming of the 2021 Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at a rain-sodden Rosehill, but the Gold Coast-based owner can’t take any credit for his... Read More
Doncaster winner Nettoyer added to Chairman’s Sale as catalogue confirmed
Inglis releases select 60-lot offering of elite breeding stock for one of industry’s night of nights The Inglis Chairman’s Sale, described by Sebastian Hutch as one of the year’s premier bloodstock events on the Australasian bloodstock calendar, will feature a select 60-lot offering of high-end race fillies and broodmares in Sydney on May 7. The... Read More
Shadwell founder and Melbourne Cup-winning owner Hamdan Al Maktoum dies
Hamdan Al Maktoum, dual Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winning owner and one of the most prominent and influential figures in international horseracing for more than four decades, has died. He was 75. The older brother of Sheikh Mohammed, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum helped to change the face of the sport across the... Read More
A hands-on owner-breeder whose decisions stood the test of time
Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s portfolio of thoroughbred interests has at times touched six continents, placing him among the giants in the modern form of global racing. The pivotal piece of the jigsaw is, however, one which represents the timeless essence of where the sport began when he decided to purchase Height Of Fashion (Bustino) from... Read More
Big wet wreaks havoc with race program
The torrential storms which have battered large parts of New South Wales over the past few days and caused racing officials to make the unprecedented decision to shift Saturday’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) card back by a week, showed no signs of abating yesterday as Australian racing experienced a total wash out. More than... Read More