Bundle Award emerges as BMW Hong Kong Derby contender with superb win
Bundle Award (Shamus Award) charged into Hong Kong Derby (2000m) calculations with a brilliant victory in the Class 2 Carpenter Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to fan hopes of a fourth Classic triumph for champion trainer John Size. Ridden perfectly by Ben Thompson, the 75-rating Shamus Award (Snitzel) gelding charged from last at... Read More
King Of Pop leads home quinella for Farnan in Black Opal thriller
Kia Ora Stud’s first-season stallion Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) enjoyed a great result in Sunday’s Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) with the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained King Of Pop leading home a quinella for the sire when he defeated the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Farcited in Canberra’s juvenile Group 3. King... Read More
‘It was very rewarding to see that success and long may it continue’
Questioned by some as a sleeping giant over the summer months, Godolphin roared into carnival action on Saturday with four stakes winners, and their evergreen stallion Street Boss (Street Cry) led their assault. Street Boss completed a rare achievement in landing the double of both of the major lead-ups to the Golden Slipper (Gr 1,... Read More
Shinn delivers a masterclass on Damask Rose in The Kiwi
Te Akau Racing, Blake Shinn and fantastic filly Damask Rose created a slice of New Zealand racing history when they took out the inaugural running of the richest race in the land, the $3.5 million slot race, The NZB Kiwi at Ellerslie on Saturday, writes the NZ Racing Desk. It was a big day for... Read More
Linebacker produces super win in the Guineas
A week after Feroce became the first elite-level winner for Waikato Stud’s young gun stallion Super Seth (Dundeel), another of his sons Linebacker doubled the sire’s top-flight tally when he got the better of crack colt Broadsiding (Too Darn Hot) to claim the Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and in the process became the first... Read More
Return To Conquer delivers Te Akau a 100th Group 1 victory
The ultra–talented Return To Conquer (Snitzel) entered Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) calculations as he extended his unbeaten record to four and in the process delivered Te Akau its 100th Group 1 winner when he landed Saturday’s Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie. In the lead up to New Zealand’s newly minted ‘Champions... Read More