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11 for Too Darn Hot Hotazhell (2 c ex Azenzar by Danehill Dancer) became the 11th individual stakes winner for Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) when landing Thursday’s Tyros Stakes (Gr 3, 7f) at Leopardstown. Trained by Jessica Harrington and ridden by Shane Foley, the colt led inside the final furlong and was pushed... Read More
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Stokes with pair of fillies headed to Caulfield Pakenham-based trainer Phillip Stokes will send both Comanche Miss (Castelvecchio) and I Am Velvet (I Am Immortal) to Caulfield on Saturday. A 1200-metre handicap will be the race for Comanche Miss and, after she ran fourth in the Redoute’s Choice Stakes (Listed, 1100m) on debut in March,... Read More
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Best yet to come with Opawa Jack Opawa Jack (War Decree) has come of age in his four-year-old autumn preparation and his trainer Chrissy Bambry anticipates the best is still yet to come. The son of War Decree (War Front) showed early promise over staying distances and contested the New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m)... Read More
Australia’s top two-year-old sires lock horns in the south
Kuroyanagi and Arabian Summer to clash in Morphettville’s Lightning Stakes Australia’s top two juvenile sires of this season will go on show via two of their best two-year-old fillies in the penultimate black-type race of 2023-24, as clear favourites Kuroyanagi (Written Tycoon) and Arabian Summer (Too Darn Hot) clash in Saturday’s Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m)... Read More
‘Are the premier and his team embarrassed by this?’
Monday’s opening hearing session into the proposed sale and redevelopment of Rosehill racecourse was enthralling, but there wasn’t a smoking gun. There were suggestions that witnesses, including Group 1-winning trainer John O’Shea, were pressured not to appear before the NSW Upper House Select Committee, but proving those veiled threats is another thing altogether. And the... Read More
Altomontes make move from Dunedoo to Hunter Valley
Corumbene’s thoroughbred breeding operation to be based in Scone The family of two-time Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m)–winning breeder George Altomonte have committed to the thoroughbred industry for at least another generation after securing a suitable property after a decade-long search. The famous Corumbene Stud, established by octogenarian Altomonte more than 40 years ago, will... Read More