Fownes logs Sha Tin three-timer ahead of Straight Arron’s FWD QEII Cup bid
Preparing Straight Arron (Fastnet Rock) QEII Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) tilt in eight days, Caspar Fownes claimed training honours at Sha Tin on Saturday with a treble as the four-time Hong Kong champion crowned a memorable week. After becoming only the fourth trainer in Hong Kong history to reach the 1,100 win milestone behind John... Read More
High drama as Kintyre handed Frank Packer Plate win
He had to do it the very hard way, but Kintyre (Hallowed Crown) finally joined his half-sister and fellow Gary Portelli-trained galloper Fireburn (Rebel Dane) as a stakes-winner with a protest victory in Saturday’s Frank Packer Plate (Gr 3, 2000m) at Randwick. The second foal of Newcastle maiden winner Mull Over (So You Think), a... Read More
Konasana continues Dundeel’s fine autumn
Debbie Kepitis’s busy autumn continued when her homebred Konasana (Dundeel) became the latest stakes-winner for her powerhouse sire, Dundeel (High Chaparral), with an upset victory in Saturday’s James Carr Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) at Randwick. On day one of Randwick’s carnival two weeks ago, Kepitis celebrated as almost $1.3 million came into the coffers of... Read More
Second Group 1 for Magic Time in All Aged Stakes
Seasoned breeder John Muir’s sentimental side – and his good eye for a horse – paid more handsome dividends when his outstanding mare Magic Time (Hellbent) won her second top-flight win in Saturday’s All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick. Last November, the Grahame Begg-trained mare raised Yarraman sire Hellbent’s (I Am Invincible) first... Read More
TOO DARN GOOD!
Celebrations flow as Broadsiding becomes first southern hemisphere-bred Group 1 winner for Darley’s exciting shuttle stallion Too Darn Hot Booming Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) racked up his second Group 1 winner from his first global crop when Godolphin’s Broadsiding ploughed through the Randwick mud to win Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m). Ridden... Read More
US$550,000 colt by ‘on fire’ Nyquist heads OBS Spring Sale trade
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company saved the best for last during the third session of its Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training on Thursday. A colt by Nyquist (Uncle Mo) (hip 891) consigned by Wavertree Stables, agent, and one of the last horses through the ring, sold for US$550,000 (approx. AU$858,000) to Donato Lanni, agent for... Read More