Vinery Stud’s first-season sire Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) had a winning across-the-cards double on Friday, taking his individual winner’s tally to four.  Prestige Ole (2 c ex Major Wager by Exceed And Excel) provided the Golden Rose (Gr 1, 1400m)-winning stallion with his third winner when scoring in the opening contest at Ballarat.  Ridden by... Read More

Four juvenile trials were conducted at Rosehill on Friday morning and the Bjorn Baker-trained Lavender Rose, an unraced filly by Russian Revolution (Snitzel), clocked the quickest two-year-old time of the morning when she covered 900 metres in 54.87 seconds.  Last sighted finishing second in a 740-metre Randwick trial, the filly defeated $1 million colt Federalist... Read More

Te Akau maestro David Ellis is feeling the excitement levels ahead of Saturday’s Champions Day meeting at Ellerslie, where he is hopeful of seeing the operation’s iconic tangerine colours – so often in the limelight in New Zealand – brighten what he has described as “the biggest day ever in the history of New Zealand... Read More

Coolmore are confident the real Wodeton (Wootton Bassett) will stand up as he looks to avoid the unthinkable – failure to qualify for the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) – when he runs on Saturday in a mouth-watering edition of the Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m). The pressure will be immense as the $1.6 million... Read More

Just days out from the inaugural running of the NZ$3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), slot holders Kerri Spence Bloodstock and Clotworthy Racing have been forced to find another contender following the withdrawal of the Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Dealt With (Ace High). The son of Ace High (High Chaparral) he has been ruled out... Read More