Australia’s (Galileo) impressive month of results continued apace when his daughter Cercene (3 f ex Tschierschen by Acclamation), who is owned by Australian Shane Stafford, sprang a shock in Friday’s Coronation Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at Royal Ascot.  Coolmore’s resident son of Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) kicked off June in the best possible style when Lambourn... Read More

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Ciaron Maher has been granted a base at Randwick and will take over the facility formerly known as Leilani Lodge. Maher was one of three applicants for the boxes, along with Tulloch Lodge duo Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, and former Godolphin head trainer James Cummings, who subsequently withdrew his interest after accepting an offer... Read More

With no champion stayer Kyprios (Galileo) to deal with this time, the John and Thady Gosden-trained Trawlerman (Golden Horn) triumphed in Thursday’s coveted Gold Cup (Gr 1, 2m 4f) at Royal Ascot. Having gone down by just a length in the 2024 renewal behind the Aidan O’Brien-trained winner, Trawlerman once again had a Ballydoyle challenger... Read More

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Nine-year-old jockeys. But the subject provides a historical link for two of the most famous families in Australian racing – the Woottons and the Freedmans. Back in 1902, trainer Richard “Dick” Wootton took umbrage with Australian racing authorities when they wouldn’t let his son Frank ride professionally in... Read More

The Paddy Twomey-trained Carmers, a son of Coolmore’s star shuttler Wootton Bassett (Ifrraaj), stretched his unbeaten run to three on Wednesday when he proved too strong in the Queen’s Vase (Gr 2, 1m 6f) at Royal Ascot. A winner at Ballinrobe on debut on May 9, the colt then took Listed honours in the Yeats... Read More