Via Sistina (Fastnet Rock) has again shown why she’s the finest import to have landed in Australia with another comfortable romp in the race that kicked it off for her in this country, the Ranvet Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m), writes Trevor Marshallsea.  Bought as a yearling in Britain for around $9,700 and purchased four years... Read More

Darley’s dual-hemisphere stallion Harry Angel (Dark Angel) sired his second Group 1 winner on Saturday when his son Private Harry confirmed his status as a top-tier sprinter, extending his perfect record to five in The Galaxy at Rosehill, writes Mary-Jo Jackson. Despite not having a stakes victory to his name, the colt had already established... Read More

Rosemont Stud’s prolonged investment in colts received a golden dividend when lightly-raced million-dollar buy Schwarz (Zoustar) sealed his place at stud with a storming victory in Moonee Valley’s William Reid Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m). Sent out a $5.50 second-favourite under Jamie Mott, the John O’Shea-Tom Charlton-trained four-year-old raced on the pace, saw off the pressure... Read More

As a triple Group 1-winning son of the not-returning shuttle sire sensation Too Darn Hot (Dubawi), Broadsiding’s future value to the Godolphin-Darley stallion barn was already enshrined. But on Saturday at Rosehill it skyrocketed further, when the colt earned another thoroughly deserved elite victory with a desperate, fighting success in the Rosehill Guineas (Gr 1,... Read More

Breeding giant John Messara was almost lost for words before labelling Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) “an absolutely amazing stallion” after third-starter Marhoona became the Arrowfield sire’s third Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner on Saturday. In an extraordinary twist, Snitzel – the four-time Australian champion sire and still Arrowfield’s flagbearer at nearly 23 years of age... Read More