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Justify’s Storm Boy produces a Classic performance on the Coast
Storm Boy (Justify) continued his sire’s ballistic start in the breeding barn, when he stamped himself as a colt of exceptional quality and brought Gai Waterhouse a record fifth Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) victory with one of the most dominant wins in the race’s history yesterday. And bookmakers also rate him as a... Read More
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First Light’s Abounding outsmarts Magic Millions Guineas field
First Light Racing filly Abounding (Rich Enuff) produced her Woodside Park sire’s biggest payday with a popular local victory in yesterday’s drama-charged $3 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m) at the Gold Coast. Ridden superbly by comeback jockey Martin Harley, Abounding settled midfield one off the fence from gate six of 16, before pushing... Read More
Lloyd Webber’s Lizzie filly too hot for rivals
Million dollar filly Too Darn Lizzie (Too Darn Hot) brought another major result for her surging shuttle stallion and a famed owner of both runner and sire – Andrew Lloyd Webber – with a courageous victory in yesterday’s Magic Millions The Debut 2YO Fillies Plate (1000m). Strongly backed into odds-on favouritism after a four-length win... Read More
Te Akau continue winning trend in Trentham feature
Te Akau Racing’s dominance of the Levin Classic (Gr 1, 1600m) continued at Trentham yesterday with Quintessa (Shamus Award) clinging on in an unforgettable finish. Those familiar tangerine colours have towered over the $500,000 three-year-old feature in recent times, collecting five wins since 2017, including the last three in a row. Former Te Akau trainer... Read More
Mercurial prevails in Telegraph
Sam Spratt teamed up with arguably New Zealand’s most improved racehorse to land a boilover victory in yesterday’s Telegraph Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Trentham – her third time triumphing in a meeting that once came close to claiming her life. Yesterday’s heroics aboard Mercurial (Burgundy) came some 21 years after Spratt suffered severe head... Read More
Injury rules Without A Fight out of autumn
This year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) and Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) hero Without A Fight (Teofilo) has been ruled out of the autumn after sustaining a tendon injury. Anthony and Sam Freedman revealed the news yesterday evening, confirming that the six-year-old son of Teofilo (Galileo) will now head for rehabilitation during an extended... Read More