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

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

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

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