Wootton Bassett colt leads the way as Karaka kicks off
Freedman, Magnier and Wallace combine to snap up session topper by the super shuttler for $725,000 Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) fever hit Karaka early on the first day of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale with two colts by the sire selling for a combined figure of $1,325,000. The rush to buy the Coolmore super... Read More
Zac Purton shines with magnificent four-timer at Sha Tin
After setting a new Hong Kong wins record on Wednesday night at Happy Valley, Zac Purton starred with a four-timer at Sha Tin on Sunday – headlined by a Class 2 double on the 11-race card. Masterfully handled by Purton, Sunlight Power (Capitalist) dominated the Class 2 Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Hong Kong, China Team... Read More
Romantic Warrior shows his class again in Jebel Hatta but race is marred by Measured Time’s fatal injury
The closing stages of the Jebel Hatta (Gr 1, 1800m) should have been a celebration of the global phenomenon that is Romantic Warrior (Acclamation), but the feeling of elation was replaced with sorrow after last year’s winner Measured Time (Frankel) suffered a fatal injury. Billed as a clash of the titans, the Group 1 contest... Read More
Railway redemption for Crocetti
Last season’s champion male three-year-old Crocetti (Zacinto) returned to his brilliant best at Ellerslie on Saturday, defeating a star-studded sprint field in the Sistema Railway (Gr 1, 1200m). The Zacinto (Dansili) gelding was one of the standout performers on the Karaka Millions card 12 months ago, extending his unbeaten career record to seven-from-seven with a... Read More
Lindsay Park all smiles at Sandown
Shining Smile (Spirit Of Boom) provided a northern flavour to a major success in the south by storming to victory in Saturday’s males’ Blue Diamond Preview (Listed, 1000m) at Sandown. The strapping colt made it two wins, back-to-back, from four starts in scoring by 1.75 lengths as a raging $1.65 favourite in a six-horse field.... Read More
My Gladiola new Blue Diamond favourite after stunning Sandown display
Impeccably bred grey My Gladiola (I Am Invincible) was shortened to favouritism for the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) after an ultra–impressive debut victory in the fillies’ Blue Diamond Preview (Gr 3, 1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. The seventh foal of triple stakes winner and $1.1 million broodmare Villa Verde (Not A Single Doubt),... Read More