Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) will remain unchanged, Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry) will receive a slight fee bump, So You Think (High Chaparral) and Pierro (Lonhro) have had their fees lowered and Private Life (Written Tycoon) will begin stud duties for $19,250 (inc GST). And it’s farewell to Starspangledbanner (Choisir), Churchill (Galileo) and Yes... Read More

Having landed the Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) in February, the Ciaron Maher-trained Jimmysstar (5 g Per Incanto – Anniesstar by Zed) doubled his Group 1 tally when coming home strongly to win Saturday’s All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick. The five-year-old gelding had run third in the William Reid Stakes (Gr 1,... Read More

Saturday afternoon was a fruitful one for the Arrowfield Stud roster, as just over 50 minutes before Shangri La Spring’s triumph, Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) filly Little Black Dress extended her unbeaten record to two with a dramatic win in the Star Way Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Ellerslie. The two-year-old filly, who broke her maiden at... Read More

A Queensland winter campaign is on the horizon for improving colt Shangri La Spring (Castelvecchio) after his surprise all-the-way victory in Saturday’s Frank Packer Plate (Gr 3, 2000m) at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained son of Castelvecchio (Dundeel) finished unplaced for the first time in six starts when fourth last time out in... Read More

It would appear that the Hawkes team have another stallion prospect on their hands in the form of Nepotism (Brutal), who on Saturday laid his claim to being the best juvenile colt around with an awe-inspiring late run to win the Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Randwick.   Just seven weeks after stablemate Devil Night... Read More