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Wings Of Song strengthens family ties

Connections share in further success with mare they hope can continue to improve Australian Racing Hall Of Fame member Tie The Knot (Nassipour) brought the Tait and Payne families together, and that formidable combination was again to the fore at Cranbourne on Saturday when Wings Of Song (Mendelssohn) extended her impressive race record with an... Read More

‘The stallion strength is something we can hang our hat on this year’

Catalogue for 2025 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale released with 1,088-strong book confirmed greater emphasis on New Zealand speed along with the country’s traditional middle-distance and staying depth are the hallmarks of a bumper catalogue for the 2025 Karaka Yearling Sale. New Zealand Bloodstock’s (NZB) catalogue for the 99th National Yearling Sales Series was released on... Read More

READY FOR MORE

Lyndhurst Stud looking to the future after Port Lockroy provides Better Than Ready with his second elite-level winner  Star Queensland stallion Better Than Ready (More Than Ready) is, as the name suggests, well prepared to kick on for still greater success after his versatility went on show with his second Group 1 winner on Saturday.... Read More

Storyville backs up WA Champion Fillies success in WA Guineas

Having registered a first stakes win in last weekend’s WA Champion Fillies Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m), the Grant and Alana Williams-trained Storyville (Overshare) continued her progression with a last-gasp victory in Saturday’s WA Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) at Ascot. Sent off a $4.40 chance to back-up her win the previous weekend, where she came from... Read More

‘It’s going to take a couple of weeks to sink in’

Port Lockroy lands Railway Stakes for Neasham and Archibald as Clint Johnston-Porter rides breakthrough Group 1 winner Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald became the first trainers based outside of Western Australia to land the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) since the Lindsey Smith-trained Scales Of Justice (Not A Single Doubt) in 2016 when Port Lockroy... Read More

‘I couldn’t be happier with both my horses’

Neville Parnham to have duo of Railway Stakes runners as he bids for back-to-back wins in Ascot feature rainer Neville Parnham is confident he can repel the eastern states challenge in Saturday’s Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Ascot as he seeks to go back-to-back following his maiden win in the event last year. The... Read More