Bold Benita set to boss her rivals again
Having come perilously close to suffering a career-threatening injury in a trackwork mishap some six months ago, Bossy Benita (So You Think) would now appear to have a new lease on life and the stakes-winning mare will aim to extend her imperious recent form at Caulfield this Saturday. The last-start Mannerism Stakes (Gr. 2, 1400m)... Read More
Eureka hoping for another Boom at Magic Millions March
Leading Queensland nursery Eureka Stud will present the largest draft at this week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, offering 36 yearlings across the two days of selling on March 12 and 13. The Cambooya operation topped last year’s vendor table when selling 26 yearlings for a combined $1,129,500 and appears well placed to... Read More
No walkover
Five, ten or 20 years from now a glance at the result of the 2026 NZB Kiwi (Listed, 1500m), will read that the favourite, Well Written (Written Tycoon), duly won from Belle Cheval (Savabeel) by a very small margin. That is the cold fact but on site the race was electric, especially over the final... Read More
Warwoven looks to cement last minute Slipper spot in Pago Pago Stakes
Suddenly transformed after a horror start to 2026, Bjorn Baker is not daunted by history as he sends one-time favourite Warwoven (Sword Of State) towards the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) via the last chance saloon. Having dominated the market – and sat high on the prize-money qualification list – for the $5 million juvenile... Read More
Stretan Angel added to Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale
Group 1 performed sprinter Stretan Angel (Harry Angel) has added more star power to May’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with connections confirming she will be offered at the Gold Coast auction. Having landed a trio of stakes wins and three Group 1 placings, five-year-old Stretan Angel is also a half-sister to this season’s exciting... Read More
Premier-topping Toronado gains juvenile stakes boost
Fresh from once more topping the aggregates at his home state yearling sale Inglis Premier, Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (High Chaparral) is flying high again after his first Australian two-year-old stakes winner on Saturday. Grinzinger Heart (Toronado) clung on tenaciously to take the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) by 0.06 lengths at Flemington at... Read More