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Spieth trial winners leads to ‘inundation’ of enquiries for Aquis stallion
Juveniles of first season sire again impress at yesterday’s official two-year-old hit-outs at Randwick Aquis Farm’s first season sire Spieth (Thorn Park) was the star of yesterday morning’s much anticipated official two-year-old trials on Randwick’s Kensington track, producing two impressive winners in Victory Moments and Wild Botanica. The filly, Wild Botanica, was Spieth’s first success... Read More
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Group 1 mission for Great House after Newcastle Cup win
Great House (Galileo) asserted himself as a genuine contender for The Metropolitan (Gr 1, 2400m) at Randwick next month after an impressive win in yesterday’s Newcastle Cup (Gr 3, 2300m). Trained by Chris Waller and raced by a syndicate of owners including former VRC Chair Amanda Elliott and Sir Winston Churchill’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames... Read More
Xtravagant filly’s Group-class gears to be tested in Thousand Guineas Prelude
Laming confident Newhaven Park-bred three-year-old can live up to early promise The endorsement of Newhaven Park’s John Kelly was enough for Richard Laming to take a punt on a filly by the NSW stud’s first season sire Xtravagant (Pentire) and, 20 months later, the now three-year-old Xtra Gear can go a long way to justifying... Read More
Victorian Alliance colts step out at Cranbourne
Ryan McEvoy, one of the figures behind powerful Victorian Alliance colts fund headed by his employer Rosemont Stud, liked what he saw from the new partnership’s first two juveniles to officially barrier trial at Cranbourne yesterday, but he has been around long enough not to get ahead of himself. Nevertheless, Rosemont Stud’s general manager of... Read More
Rhinoceros stampedes into Derby contention
Cambridge horse woman Emma-Lee Browne and her husband and co-trainer David are living the Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) dream with their Vadamos (Monsun) colt Rhinoceros after he won his maiden over 1600 metres impressively at Sandown yesterday. Ridden by Jordan Childs, the attractive looking three-year-old raced up on the speed and broke away for... Read More
Nature Strip fires warning Everest shot in flying Concorde success
A week after Masked Crusader (Toronado) stamped himself as a serious Everest (1200m) contender via Melbourne another confirmed starter, Nature Strip (Nicconi), made a stunning statement with a soft first-up victory in the Concorde Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m). The manner of the Randwick performance, in which he had two and a half lengths up his... Read More