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Connections hoping patience is a virtue with Baraqiel
Trainer Troy Corstens and syndicator Nathan Bennett are confident their patience with injury-plagued six-year-old Baraqiel (Snitzel) can pay off with him becoming the second top-tier winner for his dam in Saturday’s mouth-watering Champions Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) at Flemington. The half-brother to ATC Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Autumn Angel (The Autumn Sun), bred by... Read More
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Yulong snap up ‘high class’ dual Group 1 winner Magic Time
Hellbent mare bids to secure more black type in Hot Danish while a future date with newly minted Group 1 stallion Alabama Express on the cards ulong Stud has made another high-profile addition to its vast and ever-increasing team of mares, buying dual Group 1 winner Magic Time (Hellbent) in a private sale, with the... Read More
Classy Amelita scores Widden’s Zousain his second stakes win
Chris Waller enjoyed a first success in Thursday’s Red Roses Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Flemington, when the in-form filly Amelita (Zousain) carried very familiar silks to victory in the 1100-metre Group 3. Running in the colours of Peter Tighe’s Magic Bloodstock, ones made infamous by star mare Winx (Street Cry), the unexposed Amelita arrived... Read More
SHE’S A TREASURE!
Yulong’s wonderful spring continues as their resident stallion Alabama Express secures his first Group 1 winner ulong’s Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) confirmed her star status as the best staying three-year-old in Australia when she stormed to victory in Thursday’s VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) at Flemington. Handing her trainer Matt Laurie with his third Group... Read More
Written Tycoon enjoys stakes double on Melbourne Cup undercard
Tuesday’s Flemington meeting also proved a big day for Yulong’s Written Tycoon (Iglesia) who sired a stakes-race double on the card. Debutant Tycoon Star kicked off the stallion’s good afternoon when he led home a trifecta for Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will, and JD Hayes in the Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3, 1000m). Sent off a... Read More
OH WHAT A KNIGHT!
Rank outsider Knight’s Choice (Extreme Choice) etched his name into Australian folklore when running out a shock winner of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) at Flemington and in the process provided Newgate Farm resident Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) with his fourth Group 1 winner. Leaving plenty of onlookers stunned at what had... Read More