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McDonald gets feel for Snitzel colt in late-season Randwick barrier trial
The new owners of talented rising three-year-old Best Of Bordeaux (Snitzel), potentially the best colt of his generation, got to see a glimpse of their high-profile purchase, with a low-key barrier trial in Sydney yesterday. With James McDonald in the saddle for the first time, and wearing Coolmore’s synonymous blue silks, noted on-pacer Best Of... Read More
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Yarraman’s Vinnie is King after Sparta battles to win Bletchingly Stakes
I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) has completed his rags-to-riches rise to the pinnacle of Australian breeding as he all but secured a maiden sires’ premiership yesterday courtesy of a battling success in the Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield from his son King Of Sparta (3 g I Am Invincible – Octavia by Holy... Read More
Goldman shakes off monkey with Hellbent’s daughter scoring maiden win
Kurt Goldman, who trained Group 1-winning sprinter Hellbent (I Am Invincible) in his first seven starts, has provided the promising first season Yarraman Park Stud sire with his tenth two-year-old winner for the season and the Goulburn horseman believes the best is yet to come from both his horse and the stallion. The talented Goldman-trained... Read More
Camilleri enjoying ‘fantastical dream’ on northern hemisphere journey
John Camilleri has bred some of Australian racing’s most prominent stars. There’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Vancouver (Medaglia D’Oro) and, of course, one of the greatest ever in 25-time Group 1 winner Winx (Street Cry). He operates from a relatively small, but select, group of mares, and in recent years has embarked on... Read More
Honey goes Boom to propel sire towards leading juvenile honours
Spirit Of Boom draws level with Queensland rival Better Than Ready in race to be crowned top two-year-old sire by winners A grandstand finish is set in the race to be named Australia’s leading two-year-old sire by winners as Eureka Stud’s Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo) continued his relentless end-of-season form to capture a 23rd individual... Read More
Todd has Melbourne Cup on the radar for Tasman Bay
Britain and Australia’s best Flat handicaps are the prizes Tasman Bay (Le Havre) could be aimed at by his connections, who have put a firm line through his comeback run at Royal Ascot. Owned by Sir Peter Vela and trained by Sir Mark Todd, Tasman Bay developed into a smart performer last season when he... Read More