Mick Price hailed the emerging Sabaj (Manhattan Rain) as a likely star of the autumn after the lightly raced four-year-old claimed his black type breakthrough with an imposing win in Saturday’s Cranbourne Cup (Listed, 1600m). Starting a well-supported $3.30 favourite, Sabaj gave Price his fourth win in the race and jockey Beau Mertens his third... Read More

Annabel and Rob Archibald will bid for back-to-back Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) victories on Saturday when Queensland Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Depth Of Character (Deep Field) takes his place in the Ascot feature.  Despite having not tasted victory since his Group 2 win, the Deep Field (Northern Meteor) gelding heads west with solid... Read More

Henry Dwyer’s star mare Asfoora (Flying Artie) was crowned European Champion Sprinter at the Cartier awards in London on Wednesday. The seven-year-old daughter of Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) landed both the Nunthorpe Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) and Prix de l’Abbaye (Gr 1, 1000m) from five runs in Europe this season and has joined Starspangledbanner (Choisir)... Read More

Having previously been compared to a “surfer dude”, it is entirely fitting that King Of Light (Earthlight) is currently riding the crest of a wave as the unbeaten three-year-old heads into this Saturday’s WA Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) as the raging $1.75 favourite.   The only Earthlight (Sharmadal) in trainer Dan Morton’s Ascot stable, King... Read More

Full siblings to Pennyweka (Satono Aladdin), Kovalica (Ocean Park) and Prowess (Proisir), and half-siblings to Ceolwulf (Tavistock), Mr Brightside (Bullbars) and Gringotts (Per Incanto)  are among the star lots in a quality-packed catalogue for next year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale. Marking 100 years of the National Yearling Sale in the country, a total... Read More