Zougotcha gets Queen Of Turf call in photo-finish
Chris Waller’s disappointment after Via Sistina’s (Frankel) second-placed finish having been sent off odds-on favourite in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes was short lived, with the trainer saddling a quinella in the following contest, with Zougotcha (Zoustar) narrowly getting the verdict over last year’s heroine Atishu (Savabeel) in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes (Gr 1,... Read More
Maher counting on ‘fast-improving’ Semana to rise again at Randwick
Daughter of Winning Rupert bidding for Group 1 glory in Queen Of The Turf Stakes Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) might have landed on the other edge of the country, but trainer Ciaron Maher believes his daughter Semana can put him firmly in the middle of the map by becoming his first elite-level winner in the... Read More
War Chant dies
War Chant (Danzig), a longstanding resident at Yarradale Stud, died on Thursday. He was 27. The son of Danzig (Danehill), who after succumbing to the infirmities of old age, called the Gidgegannup nursery home for over a decade having began stud duties at Robert Clay’s Three Chimney’s Farm in Kentucky in 2001 and his shuttling... Read More
First-season sires enjoy successful day at the trials
There was plenty of juvenile trial action across New South Wales on Friday, with five heats for two-year-olds conducted at Warwick Farm, while there were also six at Newcastle. A pair of trials at Warwick Farm were taken out by unraced fillies by Coolmore’s first–season sire Yes Yes Yes (Rubick). Kicking off the double was... Read More
Seascape (AUS)
2 f I Am Invincible – Adrift by Zabeel O: Fairway Thoroughbreds (J Camilleri) B: Fairway Thoroughbreds T: Michael Freedman W: EVE Electrical Handicap, 1100m, April 10, Gosford The Michael Freedman-trained filly Seascape (I Am Invincible) produced an impressive display to score on her debut at Gosford on Wednesday. Jumping from barrier 11 under Tom... Read More
‘I think the expectations out there are a bit greater than what’s really happening at the moment’
Long-time Australian owner and breeder Max Whitby says he’s never seen anything like what he witnessed at the Inglis Easter sale this week – and he’s not referring to the $10 million daughter of Winx (Street Cry). Whitby sold three yearlings through the North draft at the Easter sale: a $350,000 Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon)... Read More