Feed manufacturer issues apology over contaminated batch
Results of tests on O’Brien Carnival team expected this week Gain Equine Nutrition, the feed manufacturer at the centre of the contamination incident which led to Aidan O’Brien being forced to take his four intended runners out of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m), yesterday issued an unreserved apology to trainers impacted... Read More
High emotion for Floors Stud as Elarqam brother brings 1.1m gns from Godolphin
Frankel colt was bred by the late Duke of Roxburghe High drama was matched by high emotion at Tattersalls yesterday as a Frankel (Galileo) brother to Elarqam bred by the late Duke of Roxburghe became the first seven-figure yearling at this year’s Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale when knocked down to Godolphin’s buying... Read More
Pat Glennon joins our Incomparable Inductees
– The man who rode the arguably incomparable Sea Bird II – Thomas Patrick (Pat) Glennon – (23 August 1927 – 14 February 2004) – had limited international success, measured by numbers alone, compared to his fellow “Incomparables” (the Australian jockeys who had sustained and remarkable success in England, Ireland and France from the 1900s... Read More
Chittick foresight rewarded with top mare Probabeel
A combination of one man’s determination and one stallion’s brilliant but all-too-short career, is firmly behind the success of last week’s Epsom Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) victress Probabeel (Savabeel). The man is Garry Chittick, founder of Thornton Park Stud which later morphed into Waikato Stud when that fabulous facility became available to purchase. The stallion... Read More
The thoughts of Terry Henderson
A week can be a long time in racing! But at the end of the last one we were greeted with the arrival of our international horses, who touched down on Friday evening and made their way across to Werribee’s quarantine facility. All five of them have arrived in great condition, the reports have all... Read More
Eight for Belardo
New first season sire winners Belardo Belloccio (2 c ex Three Cards by Mastercraftsman) won on debut at Salisbury on Thursday to provide Belardo (Lope De Vega) with his eighth individual winner. The David Menuisier-trained colt landed the opening novice stakes by a neck from Aleas (Archipenko), with the well-fancied 5-4 favourite Mohaafeth (Frankel) back... Read More