Hong Kong and Singapore buyers make most of open borders ahead of Inglis Ready2Race Sale Hong Kong agent Willie Leung is relieved to be inspecting horses in the flesh for the first time in almost three years. The Magus Equine principal, the buyer of champion Hong Kong sprinter Mr Stunning (Exceed And Excel) among other... Read More

The Kirsten Rausing-bred and owned Alpinista (5 m Frankel – Alwilda by Hernando) propelled herself to stardom as she proved all class and heart in winning yesterday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m) at Longchamp. Having won her previous seven races, a run which included five consecutive Group 1 contests, the Sir Mark... Read More

Godolphin got their two-year-old season underway with a win in yesterday’s Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (Listed, 1000m), with the move to place Zulfiqar (Exceed And Excel) at Flemington paying dividends for James Cummings’ team.  The colt was scratched from the Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) in Sydney and redirected to the Good 4 surface in Melbourne,... Read More

Peter and Paul Snowden, another renowned partnership for producing high class two-year-olds, captured their third win in the Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) when the Newgate Farm and China Horse Club-owned colt Empire Of Japan (2 c Snitzel – Ichihara by General Nediym) struck for an impressive success in the season-opening juvenile contest.  In an... Read More

Cutting an emotional figure in the aftermath of the Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) was Kestrel Thoroughbreds’ Bruce Slade who, along with Waterhouse and Bott, purchased yesterday’s juvenile season-opening race winner Platinum Jubilee (Zoustar), along with sixth-placed Sicilian (I Am Invincible) and runner-up Perfect Proposal (Russian Revolution) at the yearling sales this year, the former... Read More