OTI Racing’s European import Deakin (5 g Australia – Dealbata by Dubawi) snared a place in November’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) when running out a 0.4 lengths winner of Saturday’s Roy Higgins Quality (Listed, 2600m) at Flemington. A winner of two of his nine starts when trained in Ireland by dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer... Read More

Ken and Bev Kelso’s ‘hit and-run’ Australian mission with Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) bore spectacular fruit as the filly brought her high-class form across the Tasman to claim an all-the-way win in the World Pool Sprint Classic (Gr. 3, 1100m). The husband-and-wife training team are no strangers to success at Flemington, with Legarto (Proisir) knocking... Read More

Recuperato doubled her sire Farnan’s (Not A Single Doubt) tally of stakes wins when she flew down the famous Flemington straight in the Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). After an unplaced run on debut in the Cinderella Stakes (Listed, 1050m) and a third behind $1.4 million filly Conscience (Snitzel) at Sandown earlier in the... Read More

Ciaron Maher celebrated his first Australian Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) win, but not with the runner many expected as Light Infantry Man (Fast Company) grabbed his second elite-level win in the Flemington showpiece on Saturday. The trainer gave himself every chance of a maiden win in the Australian Cup, but the eventual winner was rated... Read More

Waikato Stud’s upwardly mobile young stallion Super Seth (Dundeel) sired his third individual Group 1 winner when Te Akau’s talented filly La Dorada led home a 1-2 for her stable in Saturday’s Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Trentham. The win handed Te Akau a clean sweep of the biggest juvenile prizes in New... Read More