September Impresses On Debut
The two-year-old filly was dropped in behind the leaders in fifth by Seamie Heffernan in the early stages of the contest, but crept into contention approaching the home straight and was produced to lead a furlong from home. The filly, who holds an entry for the Moyglare Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 7f) later in the... Read More
It’s hard to believe that it’s now 14 years since Choisir blazed the sprint trail to Royal Ascot. Steve reflects.
There has arguably never been a better front-running straight track sprinter than Choisir and he ably demonstrated that twice, in five days, at the Royal Meeting. Racing Post journalist Graham Dench recently described his presence as ‘intimidating’ and wrote of his performances ‘changing the nature of international sprinting for the next decade or so’. His... Read More
Impending A Sire Prospect After Stradbroke Victory
It was the handsome colt’s third win and second stakes success after the Stan Fox Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m) but this still maturing horse has this season shown great potential of better wins to come with a string of placings up to Group One level plus three fourths in Group One contests. On Saturday he... Read More
Steve looks at Coolmore’s gun three-year-old sprinter Caravaggio, who could be headed to the Everest.
Steve looks at Coolmore’s gun three-year-old sprinter Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) who, this week, has been touted as a possible Everest (1200m) runner. I’m not too sure about the unbeaten son of Scat Daddy (Johannesburg) making an appearance at Royal Randwick, in October, with the adjustment on the Weight-For-Age scale for a Northern Hemisphere three-year-old (soon... Read More
Steve looks at Coolmore’s gun three-year-old sprinter Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) who, this week, has been touted as a possible Everest (1200m) runner.
However, he is expected to be at Royal Ascot in two weeks time and the collection of three-year-old sprinters primed for the Royal meeting may well be of greater interest than most other races – including a St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) rematch between Churchill (Galileo) and the possibly still untapped Barney Roy... Read More
Egg Tart Demonstrates Great Turn Of Foot In Second Group One Victory
The Chris Waller-trained filly commenced this preparation with a first up win in a Class One, Fillies and Mares Handicap (1300m) at Newcastle’s Beaumont track on 11 March. She followed that with victories at Warwick Farm, Flemington and Morphettville, where she firstly showed her rare brand of acceleration over a staying trip with a brilliant... Read More