City Of Troy (Justify) became just the 11th horse in history to follow up a win in the Epsom Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) with success in that season’s Coral-Eclipse (Gr 1, 1m 2f) when landing Saturday’s Sandown feature – although it wasn’t the saunter up the straight many were expecting. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt... Read More

Newgate’s Brutal (O’Reilly) was not the only first–season sire to have a good day on Saturday, with a further three freshmen stallions racking up winners in both Australia and New Zealand. Those successes were headed by Brave One (Exceedance), who became the seventh individual winner for Vinery Stud’s Exceedance (Exceed And Excel) when scoring in... Read More

The Chris Waller-trained debutant Extremely Hardys (Extreme Choice) turned heads when she bolted in in a 1200-metre maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday. Ridden by Tim Clark and carrying the colours of Orbis Bloodstock, the juvenile daughter of Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt), who had won and run second in two of her four trials... Read More

Blake Shinn is confident that Supercilious (Written Tycoon) can work her way through the grades after she produced an impressive win in a 1300-metre fillies maiden at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.  The filly was making her third competitive appearance having run eighth in the Blue Diamond Prelude (F) (Gr 2, 1100m) in February and was last... Read More

Just Like Gaby (Pierata), the first foal out of dual Group 1 winner Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible), produced a markedly better performance to land a 811-metre trial at Warwick Farm on Monday.  Trained by Ciaron Maher, who handled the career of her famous mother, the daughter of Yulong’s first-season sire Pierata (Pierro) finished a... Read More