From zero bids to black-type: Cicala out to make history for obscure sire in Lightning Stakes
She’s the only one of her sire’s progeny to win a race, and she could now become his first Stakes winner. Unbeaten filly Cicala, by the little-known stallion Tamasa (So You Think), will put her flawless record on the line in Saturday’s Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m), where she shapes as the best of the local... Read More
Kerber (AUS)
2 f I Am Invincible – Eloping by Choisir O: B2B Thoroughbreds P/L (Mgr: R C S Surace) B: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd T: Chris Waller S: 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Segenhoe Stud P: Belmont Bloodstock Agency (FBAA), $1,150,000 W: Precise Air Maiden Handicap, 1200m, July 23, Canterbury Regally... Read More
Nichols hoping filly can do Enuff in Lightning Stakes
Mornington trainer Shane Nichols is hopeful his in-form filly Always Enuff (Capitalist) can make her presence felt when she lines up in the Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The daughter of Capitalist (Written Tycoon) is shooting for a third consecutive win this preparation, having scored an impressive 1.5-length victory first-up at her... Read More
Duchess Zou
It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Arrowfield Stud great Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) wasn’t all that valued as a broodmare sire. The past is another country and all that. But faith in his “rival” stallion as a maternal grandfather in those days from Widden Stud’s Antony Thompson is now paying off... Read More
‘I think two-year-old racing is on a decline that cannot be stopped’
Driven, as ever, by economics, Australian two-year-old racing appears to be losing importance – but while that concerns some industry figures, others say it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Ironies, chicken-and-egg scenarios and Catch 22 situations colour the argument and populate the reasons, but it’s clear Australia’s once fierce obsession with first season racing appears... Read More
Popes praying for another victory waltz in the Bletchingly
Bridal Waltz (Snitzel) will have to overcome sibling rivalry and defy the weight of recent history when the in-form filly lines up in the final Victorian stakes race of the season, the Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Ahead of acceptances co-trainer Katherine Coleman confirmed the stable’s last-start Creswick Stakes (Listed, 1200m) heroine would take her... Read More