Black Soil’s fillies experiment paying off with promising Isotope
Gollan-trained Deep Field two-year-old favourite to bring up hat-trick in Champagne Stakes Isotope (Deep Field), the favourite for Saturday’s BRC Champagne Classic (Gr 2, 1200m) at Eagle Farm, will further entrench her spot as the Black Soil Bloodstock flagbearer if she extends her unbeaten record to three at her first attempt at stakes level and... Read More
Inner Flame gives Moreira a treble to draw level with Purton
Joao Moreira outscored jockeys’ championship rival Zac Purton three to one at Sha Tin on Sunday, a haul that left the three-time Hong Kong champions locked on 117 wins apiece heading into the season’s final 16 meetings. The Brazilian ace arrived at the track two wins adrift of his Australian counterpart but evened the score... Read More
Hinchinbrook’s fast son Unite And Conquer to stand at Kingstar
Conor Phelan also set to return to Hunter Valley in role at Sandblom-owned farm Brilliant early season two-year-old Unite And Conquer (Hinchinbrook), a dual stakes-winning colt whose racetrack career was cut short by injury, will stand at Kingstar Farm in the Hunter Valley this year. The former Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained sprinter, who comprehensively... Read More
Trekking denies Gytrash hometown Group 1 win
Just short of a year since his maiden elite-level victory in the Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m), the James Cummings-trained Trekking (Street Cry) denied Adelaide local Gytrash (Lope De Vega) victory in his hometown Group 1 sprint in The Goodwood (Gr 1, 1200m) at Morphettville yesterday. The Gordon Richards-trained Gytrash had the run of the... Read More
Green light for live Inglis auctions at Riverside
NSW Health Minister’s coronavirus amendments expected to allow July sales to proceed Inglis is confident it has NSW government approval to conduct live auctions in July and the company is hopeful of gaining the green light from Victoria in order to hold its scheduled Melbourne sales in the same month. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard... Read More
Ten tracks chopped from New Zealand schedule
Ten New Zealand thoroughbred racecourses have been axed for next season as the rationalisation of the sport begins in haste due to the perilous financial state of the country’s industry. It had already been reported that Avondale, Auckland’s second venue alongside Ellerslie, would no longer host race meetings and New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) yesterday... Read More