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Lady Laguna adds first Group win to glowing record
OTI Racing’s Lady Laguna (Overshare) again showed how she had blossomed into a formidable four-year-old by scoring her third straight win and her first at Group level in the Southern Cross Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) in slick time at Rosehill yesterday. Bought as a foal out of the paddock from Victoria’s ill-fated Spendthrift Farm by... Read More
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Vagrant breaks through at stakes level
Four-year-old mare Vagrant (Pariah) provided her sire with a second stakes winner when she completed a winning hat-trick in barnstorming style at Caulfield yesterday in the Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Jumping from gate two, the Mitch Freedman-trained Vagrant settled at the back of the eight-mare field and was still some six lengths behind... Read More

Coleman shoots to Blue Diamond favouritism
Coleman (Pierata) remained unbeaten and shot to favouritism for the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) with a breathtaking victory in yesterday’s Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. A $550,000 Gold Coast purchase last year for his trainer Matt Laurie and Justin Bahen Bloodstock, Coleman started a $2.10 favourite in the five–horse field for... Read More

Waterhouse and Bott unearth yet more juvenile talent at Rosehill
Tulloch Lodge strengthen their already ironclad grip on the juvenile ranks with fine two-year-old stakes double in Sydney Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s magical two-year-old onslaught grew only stronger when they swept yesterday’s juvenile features at Rosehill, with Lady Of Camelot (Written Tycoon) streaking away to win the Widden Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m), while Prost... Read More

Stradbroke goal for Coeur Volante
Mike Moroney has confirmed his stable star Coeur Volante (Proisir) will have the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) in Queensland in June as her major target. The three-year-old filly won both the Scarborough Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) and Thousand Guineas Prelude (Gr 2, 1400m) in the spring before running fourth in the Thousand... Read More

Derby aim on Ascend The Throne
Te Akau have New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) aspirations in mind for Ascend The Throne following the gelding’s win in yesterday’s Group 2 Waikato Guineas. After commencing his career with two strong performances over shorter trips, Ascend The Throne looked comfortable in breaking his maiden over 2000 metres on his previous start, a performance... Read More