SHE’S A TREASURE!
Yulong’s wonderful spring continues as their resident stallion Alabama Express secures his first Group 1 winner ulong’s Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) confirmed her star status as the best staying three-year-old in Australia when she stormed to victory in Thursday’s VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) at Flemington. Handing her trainer Matt Laurie with his third Group... Read More
Karis Teetan rides 700th winner in Hong Kong
Karis Teetan became only the sixth jockey to reach the 700-win milestone in Hong Kong, joining one of the city’s most exclusive clubs with a victory aboard the David Hall-trained Speedstar (Sweynesse) in the first section of the Class 5 Tai Lam Chung Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Douglas Whyte (1,813), Zac Purton... Read More
Let’sbefrankbaby makes US$700,000 at Keeneland
Last year’s South Australian Fillies Classic (Gr 3, 2500m) winner Let’sbefrankbaby (Frankel) proved popular on the first day of the Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday when she sold to Willingham Stud for US$700,000 (approx. AU$1,067,900). Raced by prominent South African owners, Drakenstein Stud’s Gaynor Rupert, Larry Nestadt and Gary Barber, the Australian-bred daughter of... Read More
Where the hell did that come from?
Knight’s Choice (AUS) By Trevor Marshallsea Where the hell did that come from? That was the question on most people’s lips following Tuesday’s stunning Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) victory to $91 bolter Knight’s Choice (Extreme Choice). It was asked not just because of form but in terms of how possibly could the winner of... Read More
Nothing Discreet about Oaks filly’s flying form
Prominent South Australian breeder David Peacock will aim to complete a notable double when his home-bred filly Too Darn Discreet (Too Darn Hot) contests Thursday’s marquee race at Flemington, the time-honoured VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m). Eleven years after Maybe Discreet (Shamardal) carried Peacock’s lime green colours to victory in the Australasian Oaks (Gr 1,... Read More
McKulick tops November Sale as Coolmore stretch to $5.1 million for Ramatuelle
When Grade 1 winner and millionaire McKulick (Frankel) (lot 289) left the ring on Monday deep into Fasig-Tipton’s The November Sale, she left as its highest-selling mare. Narvick International, agent for Grand Stud, went to US$6 million (approx. AU$9.06 million) to land the five-year-old daughter of leading European sire Frankel (Galileo). Campaigned by Klaravich Stables... Read More