Savabeel colts set to sizzle at Karaka
A pair of prized colts sired by the late, great Savabeel (Zabeel) are among the headline lots at the 2026 New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) Weanling Sale, which takes place at Karaka on Thursday. A total of 114 youngsters will go under the hammer, including the first crop offered at auction by exciting young stallions Chaldean... Read More
Team Munce eye Tatt’s Tiara triumph
Buoyed by another fruitful weekend, Chris and Corey Munce are aiming to put the icing on their most successful season to date when mares Gerringong (Blue Point) and Poster Girl (Alabama Express) contest the Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm this Saturday. The stable’s second Ipswich Cup (Listed, 2150m) triumph was the highlight... Read More
Barham keeps it in the family
Joliestar (Zoustar) is set to contest Newmarket’s July Cup (Gr 1, 1207m) next month and to try Royal Ascot again next year, after running a brave but agonising third in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 1207m). Her breeder Chris Barham – the Toowoomba chiropractor who’s now gone within inches of breeding two... Read More
‘She’s the best filly’ Precise backs up Irish Guineas win with battling Coronation success
It may have been a little tougher than some had expected, but Aidan O’Brien’s star three-year-old filly Precise (Starspangledbanner) registered a second Group 1 for the season, and fourth overall, when toughing out victory in Friday’s Coronation Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at Royal Ascot. A winner of four of her five outings as a... Read More
Brave Joliestar runs desperately close third as Almeraq springs surprise in Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
In what was yet another spectacular finish to a feature race at Royal Ascot this week, the William Haggas-trained Almeraq (Dark Angel) spoiled the international party on Saturday when he flew home to deny Japanese raider Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa) and Chris Waller’s admirable mare Joliestar (Zoustar) in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (Gr... Read More
TON UP!! Tenacious Scandinavia hands Aidan O’Brien his century of Royal Ascot winners under masterful Moore
Ballydoyle maestro Aidan O’Brien notched up a century of winners at Royal Ascot on Thursday when Scandinavia (Justify) denied defending champion Trawlerman (Golden Horn) a second Gold Cup (Gr 1, 2m 4f) in yet another extremely engrossing contest at the prestigious meeting. Having proven himself a thorough stayer as a three-year-old with a battling... Read More