Soleil Fighter lands DBS x Manulife Million Challenge at Happy Valley
David Hayes was forced to share victory in last year’s DBS x Manulife Million Challenge but on Wednesday night the trainer stood alone after Soleil Fighter (Sea The Moon) landed the Class 3 Tsui Man Handicap (1650m) under Ryan Moore. Heading into the evening on an unmatched 50 points, Soleil Fighter clung on as the... Read More
Devil Night (AUS)
2 c Extreme Choice – Mischief Night by Shamardal O: Yulong Investments B: Kingstar Farm T: Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes S: 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Kingstar Farm P: Highway Farm, $1,400,000 W: Blue Diamond Stakes, Group 1, 1200m, February 22, Caulfield $1.4 million colt Devil Night (Extreme Choice) justified his... Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Mike Moroney dies aged 66
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame trainer Mike Moroney died in Melbourne on Thursday morning at the age of 66. Moroney, a protege of legendary trainer Dave O’Sullivan, founded Ballymore Stables in his hometown Matamata in the early 1980s and his almost immediate success led to the establishment of a complementary stable in Australia in... Read More
Widden announce opening fee of $35,000 for dual Group 1 winner Southport Tycoon
Widden Stud are hopeful that their dual Group 1 winner Southport Tycoon (Written Tycoon) can follow in the footsteps of his father after announcing on Thursday that the recently retired four-year-old will stand at an opening fee of $35,000 (plus GST) when commencing stud duties later this year. Champion sire in the 2020-21 season and... Read More
Henry Longfellow to shuttle to Rosemont Stud
Stallion joins Too Darn Hot as only other Group 1-winning juvenile by Dubawi to ever stand in Australia Victoria’s Rosemont Stud will head into their home yearling sale from Sunday with an extra spring in their step, not only boasting perhaps their strongest Inglis Premier draft to date but buoyed by securing former star European... Read More
Beiwacht
It’s early days, but first–season Darley sire Bivouac (Exceed And Excel) has already made a piece of modern history. In winning Saturday’s Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) in the Godolphin royal blue, Bivouac’s son Beiwacht not only shot to the top, by exemption, on the Golden Slipper’s (Gr 1, 1200m) order of entry, but... Read More