Without A Fight out to create history after Caulfield and Melbourne Cup weights revealed
Last year’s Caulfield and Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) hero and reigning Victorian Racehorse of the Year Without A Fight (Teofilo) has been handed a top weight of 58.5 kilograms for both races after weights were released on Tuesday. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained eight-year-old’s weight sees him cop a three-kilogram rise on his Caulfield... Read More
‘It’s going to be interesting, isn’t it’
McDonald looking forward to informative Caulfield Guineas Prelude with Angel Capital Clinton McDonald believes Angel Capital (Harry Angel) can take the next step towards showing he belongs in the upper echelon of a rare crop of three-year-olds when he contests Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude (Gr 3, 1400m). Australia has been blessed by a dizzying array... Read More
What about me?
Now that the breeding season is in full swing, so is the stakes-racing season and black type is the best advertisement for any stallion. In the “what about me” class is Niagara (Encosta de Lago) sire of Saturday’s Canterbury Belle Stakes (Listed, 1200m) winner Raziah. Raziah was having her fourth start. Last season at two... Read More
Group 1-winning sire Al Maher dies
Emirates Park have announced the death of their 2005 Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Al Maher (Danehill) at the age of 23. Bred by the stud’s founder Hussain Nasser Abdullah Lootah from a daughter of the ‘blue hen’ mare Dancing Show (Nijinksy), Al Maher would go on to become one of Emirates Park’s most... Read More
Sunlight Power stuns as Zac Purton strikes with a quartet
Ricky Yiu believes emerging talent Sunlight Power (Capitalist) can continue a sharp rise and eventually join the city’s elite after the gelding’s stunning win at Sha Tin on Sunday where Zac Purton dominated the meeting with a quartet. Ridden by Jerry Chau, Sunlight Power travelled three-wide before surging clear of his rivals to win by... Read More
Grangewilliam Stud’s Zed dies from colic
Grangewilliam Stud announced on Sunday that the farm’s stalwart sire Zed (Zabeel) has died after suffering a bout of colic. “Zed was a massive part of our family. He was loved by all staff at Grangewilliam, past and present,” Mark Corcoran wrote on the farm’s Facebook page. “Zed has been such an easy horse and... Read More