Trainer Emma-Lee Brown is confident “class clown” Statuario (D’Argento) can make a serious bid for a breakthrough top-tier success for stable and sire when the bargain buy contests Saturday’s South Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m). Grey like his dad, Statuario is the first stakes winner for Bowness Stud’s sole stallion D’Argento (So You Think), the... Read More

Hong Kong is set for one of its biggest ever racedays on Sunday as a host of international stars come together for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin.  And one of the biggest international success stories to come out of the jurisdiction this season has been that of David Eustace.  The English native arrived in... Read More

Bargain buy Petit Artiste not only secured a first stakes win in Australia and second overall for her sire Earthlight (Shamardal) when the filly trounced her rivals in the Without Fear Stakes (Listed, 1050m), she also preserved the Yargi stable’s unblemished record in Adelaide. Team Yargi, comprising husband and wife Ash and Amy, are now... Read More

Tempted (Street Boss) made amends for a luckless run in the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) by securing her second stakes win in the Percy Sykes Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) on day two of The Championships at Randwick.  Trainer James Cummings cited some lofty spring ambitions for the valuable filly after she dashed away from... Read More

Michael Freedman believes Enriched (I Am Invincible) has the potential to become the next stallion to emerge from the Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (Gr  2, 1200m) after the colt extended his trainer’s purple patch of form in Randwick’s Group 2.  After Chris Waller’s star filly Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) was scratched on Saturday morning after... Read More