Apulia’s (Fiorente) recent plundering of Western Australian riches continued on New Year’s Day when the Lindsay Park-trained five-year-old followed up his recent win in the Ted Van Heemst Stakes (Gr 2, 2100m) with a victory in the Perth Cup (Gr 2, 2400m).  Ridden by William Pike, the entire finished strongly to beat Filthy Habits (I’m... Read More

An ambitious New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) tilt now awaits the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Ohope Wins (Ocean Park) after she broke her maiden with a polished performance in the Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.  The daughter of Waikato Stud’s often underrated stallion Ocean Park... Read More

Coolmore’s first-season sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) supplied his first stakes winner courtesy of his talented son Kinnaird, who advertised his Karaka Million 2YO (RL, 1200m) credentials when he led home a quinella for the stallion in the Eclipse Stakes (Gr 2, 12000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.  Trained by Mark Walker and... Read More

Labelled an ‘iron horse’ by his co-trainer Troy Corstens, Zou Sensation (6 g Zoustar – Dame Claire by Danehill Dancer) kept his excellent run of form going on Wednesday when securing a victory in the Kensington Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Flemington. Having had at least one race a month since May, the now six-year-old gelding... Read More

Star Thoroughbreds-owned brothers Durazzo and Mazzini capped a memorable day for Armidale Stud and its resident stallion Needs Further (Encosta De Lago) when they both landed their prospective stakes races at Hobart on Sunday. Both trained by Barry Campbell, Mazzini got the day off to a brilliant start when he opened his stakes account in... Read More