Japanese import completes Toorak Handicap, Cantala Stakes, Makybe Diva Stakes treble as Queenslander sweeps into Sydney Fierce Impact became the first horse, in successive seasons, to claim Melbourne’s spring Group 1 mile treble and continued jockey Mark Zahra’s stellar start to the 2020-21 season when he won yesterday’s incident packed Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1,... Read More

The three-time Melbourne Cup winner’s first trainer speaks to ANZ Bloodstock News from Hong Kong  Seventeen years ago this week, trainer David Hall departed Flemington with the favourite for the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m); earlier that afternoon, Hall’s Pentastic (Pentire) had arrived in the last stride to take out the Craiglee Stakes (Gr 2,... Read More

International sprinter Lope Y Fernandez ruled out of this year’s $15 million slot race This season’s three-year-old colts, considered by some observers to be the strongest generation for a quarter of a century, loom large on Coolmore’s radar as the breeding and racing powerhouse continues to weigh up its options for this year’s The Everest... Read More

Group 1-winning stayer set for Makybe Diva return on way to spring majors Agent Will Johnson will be paying close attention to the Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) with his stayer Warning (Declaration Of War) on the path towards the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) while also monitoring important bloodstock sales in the northern... Read More

Tal Nolen, who educated and sold Saturday’s Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) winner Top Knight (Zoustar) and topped last year’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale with a $525,000 No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) colt, will return to the Gold Coast in November with a select draft of horses for the breeze-up sale. The Victorian trainer... Read More