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Bargain Wanda out to justify owners’ decision to hold on for Tiara
The owners of consistent mare Wandabaa (Wandjina) could easily have cashed in the Group 3 winner at last month’s breeding stock sales but instead the syndicate elected to race her at the Queensland carnival in the knowledge they could be leaving money on the table by doing so. The Kris Lees-trained rising six-year-old mare has... Read More
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‘You don’t want to count chickens, because we’ve been close before, but it’ll be hard for So You Think to run him down from here’
I Am Invincible’s (Invincible Spirit) ascension from a non-Group 1 winning, $11,000 hit-and-hope stallion into Australia’s undisputed champion sire could effectively be sealed today, with Yarraman Park’s titan holding a stronger hand across the country than close rival So You Think (High Chaparral). The battle at the top of the general sires table has been... Read More
Brazen Beau’s The Ridler lands Norfolk Stakes
Australia’s remarkable Royal Ascot continued on the third day, this time through the exploits of Darley stallion Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible), who claimed a notable juvenile scalp when his son The Ridler ran out a controversial and shock winner of the Norfolk Stakes (Gr 2, 5f) Brazen Beau, who finished second in the 2015... Read More
The Aussies are back
Nature Strip out to end unfinished business for sire Nicconi in King’s Stand Stakes on opening day of Royal Ascot Royal Ascot organisers are delighted with the ‘stronger than usual’ contingent of horses to have jetted from Australia to take on Europe and the world’s best at the five-day extravaganza, which begins with keen anticipation... Read More
Widden delight as Belter strikes Gold in Atkins
Stud to review service fee of new stallion recruit Gold Standard after first-crop Group 1 success Widden Stud is revelling in another Group 1 juvenile success for a recently-acquired young stallion when Sheeza Belter held off all challengers to post a brave success in the JJ Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1600m) at Eagle Farm yesterday.... Read More
All eyes on the Atkins as Zoustar aims for landmark win
Antony Thompson mightn’t know where to look when he views the JJ Atkins (Gr 1, 1600m) through jet-lagged eyes in the early hours of Saturday, UK time, with Widden Stud holding a powerful hand in the last two-year-old Group 1 of the Australian season. The farm’s flagbearer Zoustar (Northern Meteor) might have set a record... Read More