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‘Our aim is to win a Group 1’
rainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr are confident First Settler (Written Tycoon) can stake his claim for a top place among the nation’s three-year-old colts when he makes an overdue return at Flemington on Saturday. A winner of three from five including two up the Flemington straight, First Settler was on Friday a $10... Read More
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Powers Of Opal and Verona Rose bidding to upset Yulong’s star filly in Vinery
rainers John Sargent and Gary Portelli are hopeful, rather than confident, that they can spring an upset when the outstanding Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) makes her Sydney debut in Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) at Rosehill. Sargent saddles Powers Of Opal (Ocean Park), who’s already felt the sting of Treasurethe Moment’s class when... Read More
‘Generational-type horse’ City Of Troy to shuttle to Coolmore Australia
Coolmore Australia have announced that Epsom Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) winner City Of Troy (Justify) will shuttle to their Jerry’s Plains-based farm for the 2025 southern hemisphere breeding season, where he will stand for an opening fee of $49,500 (inc GST). The former Aidan O’Brien-trained four-year-old will be available to breeders in the southern... Read More
Potent partnership pounces on Pinatubo colt at the Gold Coast
The KBL Thoroughbreds success story continued as the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale wrapped up, with the family-run farm celebrating the $290,000 sale of the only Pinatubo (Sharmadal) colt offered across two days of trade in Queensland. Having sold their Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt for $150,000 on the opening day, KBL’s co-owner Brad... Read More
Hedge and Trilogy capitalise on well-bred colt during day one of March Yearling Sale
Suman Hedge splashed the cash at the rescheduled Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, spending a combined $467,000 on six yearlings including the sale’s only Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt, who topped the opening day when he fetched $150,000. Having procured the colt from boutique family-run operation KBL Thoroughbreds, Hedge following up with a spend... Read More
‘This is so special for all of us’
Emirates Park celebrate third Slipper triumph in 11 years With the prospect of soon having an incredible three winners of the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) in their broodmare band, Emirates Park is understandably basking in the glow of Marhoona’s (Snitzel) victory in the world’s richest two-year-old race on Saturday. But following the successes of... Read More