Doubling down
Southland-bred and nurtured then South Taranaki-trained, Ucalledit (Zacinto) went back-to-back in Saturday’s Winter Stakes (Listed, 1400m) as he wrapped up a winter stakes double. After his Civic Stakes (Listed, 1400m) victory two weeks ago, Kiwi Chronicles detailed Ucalledit’s early race career which began in far-away Reefton, inland on the West Coast of the South Island.... Read More
‘It was getting hard a couple of months ago, so I am glad to see the change’
South Australian racing receives much-needed $7.4 million prize-money boost Racing in South Australia yesterday received a long-awaited and immediate boost to prize-money levels, an injection participants hope is one of many steps in the right direction for the thoroughbred industry. The prize-money pool will go up by $7.4 million, from $48 million to $55.4 million... Read More
Measures of confidence
With both prize-money and yearling investment at historic highs in Australia, we take a look at the relationship between the two over time. For those operating thoroughbred racing across Australia, the current health of the industry has been written in the balance sheets, with the doubling of prize-money since 2010. On the back of soaring... Read More
Zac Purton races to Hong Kong winners record
Zac Purton will continue his pursuit of Douglas Whyte’s towering Hong Kong career record for the most wins by a jockey after surpassing Joao Moreira’s mark for the most victories in a single season at Sha Tin yesterday. Further cementing his status among Hong Kong horseracing’s galaxy of stars, Purton eclipsed Moreira’s 2016/17 record of... Read More
Record-priced Anamoe full as breeders flock to leading stallions
As he did on the racetrack, Anamoe (Street Boss) is already setting the scene alight in the breeding world as his first season at stud approaches. The superstar four-year-old, who won nine Group 1s in becoming Godolphin’s highest-earner in Australia, has gone to stud on an appropriately hefty fee of $121,000 (all fees inc GST),... Read More
Paddington continues remarkable rise with impressive Coral-Eclipse win
The rapid rise of the remarkable Paddington (Siyouni) hit new heights yesterday when he defeated a high-class field to take out Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) in a style which left connections of his opponents throwing around superlatives, while those closest to the three-year-old warned the best is yet to come. A winner of... Read More