‘It’s a hugely exciting time to get back into the game with a horse of Farnan’s calibre’
Kia Ora to return to standing stallions with acquisition of Golden Slipper winner One of Australia’s foundation thoroughbred farms, the Hunter Valley’s Kia Ora Stud, will return to standing stallions after a long absence with a big-ticket item, the reigning Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Farnan (Not A Single Doubt). Recently appointed Kia... Read More
Sacred Rebel turns back the clock with big upset
Yesterday’s $85,000 Class 2 race over 1100 metres garnered a strong field with the likes of Siam Warrior (Exceed And Excel), Muraahib (Reset) and Pennywise (Pure Prize), but in the end, it hatched an unexpected winner in Sacred Rebel (Sepoy). . The $107 pop incidentally keeps up last Sunday’s record-breaking feat of the Mark Walker-Remarkable... Read More
Home proves Cummings’ Brave call in Aurie’s Star
Earlier this week, James Cummings declared Home Of The Brave (Starspangledbanner) as the best straight track horse he has in training and he might just be right, as the nine-year-old gelding wound back the clock to take out the Aurie’s Star Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m) yesterday. Ridden by Damien Oliver, Home Of The Brave was... Read More
Pride fires Everest Missile with Eduardo
Lightly raced gelding makes it two from two for Sydney trainer with Group 2 success Joe Pride has cast humbly bred sprinter Eduardo (Host), a lightly raced former Melbourne gelding, as a potential candidate for this year’s The Everest (1200m) after the seven-year-old made it two wins from as many starts for his new trainer... Read More
Cornerstone’s Sir Prancealot has chance to build on stateside success
Tonight’s Yellow Ribbon Handicap (Gr 2, 8.5f) at Del Mar presents another sizeable opportunity to Sir Prancealot, the Cornerstone stallion who has become something of a hit in the United States. Having raced in Britain for a one-season campaign with the Richard Hannon stable which concluded by clinching the Flying Childers Stakes(Gr 2, 5f) at... Read More
Like father, like daughter: Melody Belle aims to emulate Commands
Champion New Zealand mare set for her return in the Missile Stakes today, a race won by her sire as a juvenile more than two decades ago On a chilly winter’s day at Rosehill in 1999, the final day of the 1998-99 Australian racing season, two-year-old Commands (Danehill) returned for his fourth start in the... Read More