Classy Kinnaird provides Coolmore’s Home Affairs with first stakes winner
Coolmore’s first-season sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) supplied his first stakes winner courtesy of his talented son Kinnaird, who advertised his Karaka Million 2YO (RL, 1200m) credentials when he led home a quinella for the stallion in the Eclipse Stakes (Gr 2, 12000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. Trained by Mark Walker and... Read More
Bar Jester (AUS)
Bar Jester (AUS) 2 g Sandbar – Sheezsingle by Not A Single Doubt O: D R Roughton, G Guy, T Roughton, Mrs M Roughton & B S Roughton B: Mr D Roughton, ACT T: Nick Olive W: Capital Trophies & Sportswear Clan O’Sullivan, 1000m, December 28, Canberra The Nick Olive-trained Bar Jester (Sandbar) added... Read More
Fine Kensington win for ‘iron horse’ Zou Sensation
Labelled an ‘iron horse’ by his co-trainer Troy Corstens, Zou Sensation (6 g Zoustar – Dame Claire by Danehill Dancer) kept his excellent run of form going on Wednesday when securing a victory in the Kensington Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Flemington. Having had at least one race a month since May, the now six-year-old gelding... Read More
Star brothers Durazzo and Mazzini hand Armidale Stud a ‘dream’ result in Tassie
Star Thoroughbreds-owned brothers Durazzo and Mazzini capped a memorable day for Armidale Stud and its resident stallion Needs Further (Encosta De Lago) when they both landed their prospective stakes races at Hobart on Sunday. Both trained by Barry Campbell, Mazzini got the day off to a brilliant start when he opened his stakes account in... Read More
‘He has that little bit of class about him’ – Trip to the Gold Coast awaits Zip Lock after dominant B.J. McLachlan victory
Zip Lock (Hellbent) will bid to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Storm Boy (Justify), Coolangatta (Written Tycoon) and Unencumbered (Testa Rossa) by landing next month’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) following a rousing success in Saturday’s B.J. McLachlan Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Eagle Farm. The Chris and Corey Munce-trained colt... Read More
Gollan to field strong hand of four in bid for third successive Falvelon
Brisbane powerhouse Tony Gollan mounts a four-pronged assault on Saturday’s Magic Millions Falvelon (Listed, 1200m) as he seeks his third straight win in the $200,000 feature. And two of his runners will be striving to bring his second Falvelon in three years by way of some canny second-hand shopping. Two years ago, Gollan won his... Read More