Image: Per Incanto (Credit: Little Avondale) On an enchanting weekend of early spring racing, the sun shone, the good horses returned and the signs were strong that the Italian stallion whose name means “by magic” will be in for another powerhouse season. Per Incanto (Street Cry) , flagbearer for New Zealand’s Little Avondale Stud, raised... Read More

Champion mare Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) showed she was back in her best shape by winning round one of a budding rivalry with Sheza Alibi (Saxon Warrior) in the Winx Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. But the manner of the younger contender’s first attempt at weight-for-age suggested the pair could engage... Read More

Jonathan Munz is eagerly anticipating pulling the covers off the latest starlet from his Shoals (Fastnet Rock) family when Global Goal (Pinatubo) opens a spring of great promise in a talent packed Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m). Munz, via his GSA Bloodstock holding, bred the filly in conjunction with his frequent partner John Messara... Read More

Arrowfield Stud have suffered a major and late blow on the eve of the breeding season, with shuttle sire Vandeek (Havana Grey) ruled out of action for the entire spring. The five-year-old was found to have incurred a tendon injury while in quarantine in Victoria ahead of his transfer to the Hunter Valley. He had... Read More

Image: Pembrey (Credit: Sportpix) With exciting filly Pembrey (Prague) set to carry Kia Ora’s colours in Saturday’s Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) and more than 100 mares about to deliver some stars of the future, it’s a busy time of year for the farm’s general manager Shane Wright – but the Irishman wouldn’t have... Read More

Image: Hard Kick (Credit: Racing Photos) A mare who just wouldn’t go away has rewarded Macquarie Stud’s David Baxter in handsome style, with her son Hard Kick (All Too Hard) winning his second black type race in last Saturday’s prestigious Vain Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m). The Caulfield three-year-old dash won in recent years by the... Read More