Linebacker produces super win in the Guineas
A week after Feroce became the first elite-level winner for Waikato Stud’s young gun stallion Super Seth (Dundeel), another of his sons Linebacker doubled the sire’s top-flight tally when he got the better of crack colt Broadsiding (Too Darn Hot) to claim the Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and in the process became the first... Read More
Return To Conquer delivers Te Akau a 100th Group 1 victory
The ultra–talented Return To Conquer (Snitzel) entered Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) calculations as he extended his unbeaten record to four and in the process delivered Te Akau its 100th Group 1 winner when he landed Saturday’s Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie. In the lead up to New Zealand’s newly minted ‘Champions... Read More
Royal day for Godolphin as they sweep four stakes wins
The famous royal blue silks of Godolphin were highly prominent at both Randwick and Flemington on Saturday as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s near 60-year operation scooped an across-the-cards feature-race four-timer. In what proved to be a red-letter day for Godolphin, the quartet of winners began with Tempted’s (Street Boss) success in... Read More
Joliestar shines brightly in Newmarket romp
Plenty of Kiwi eyes would have been on the action at Ellerslie’s Champions Day on Saturday, but all eyes at Cambridge Stud were fixed firmly on their mare Joliestar (Zoustar) in Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) and they were not disappointed as the crack sprinter delivered a dominant performance in Flemington’s time-honoured handicap. The Chris... Read More
Estriella and Royal Merchant among latest Inglis Chairman’s Sale entries
Group 1-winning mare Royal Merchant (Merchant Navy) and Group 2 scorer Estriella (I Am Invincible) have been announced as the latest entries for May’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale. Estriella is a three-time stakes winner of the Caulfield Sprint (Gr 2, 1000m), Peter Le Grand Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) and Sunlight Classic (Listed, 1100m) and, having been... Read More
Double for Ole Kirk
Vinery Stud’s first-season sire Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) had a winning across-the-cards double on Friday, taking his individual winner’s tally to four. Prestige Ole (2 c ex Major Wager by Exceed And Excel) provided the Golden Rose (Gr 1, 1400m)-winning stallion with his third winner when scoring in the opening contest at Ballarat. Ridden by... Read More