Romantic Warrior reigns supreme in return Group 2 victory
Champion stayer Romantic Warrior’s (Acclamation) imperious Jockey Club Cup (Gr 2, 2000m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday has laid the foundations for Danny Shum’s ambitious 2024/25 campaign, crowned by a bid for a third consecutive Hong Kong Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) victory next month. Extending his current winning streak to six, Romantic Warrior claimed... Read More
Another Prophet keeps high-class results flowing for Bell River
The Ferguson family of Bell River Thoroughbreds fame use the slogan: ‘Small Farm, big results’. And on Saturday the small farm certainly produced a big result when their homebred filly Another Prophet (Brazen Beau) shocked her more fancied rivals to land the Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Caulfield. However, the Ciaron Maher-trained filly didn’t... Read More
CLASSIC QUALITY
Inglis release 805-lot catalogue for the 2025 edition of the sale at Riverside orth England (Farnan), Within The Law (Lucky Vega) and Gobi Desert (Too Darn Hot) have two things in common: They’re all winners of some of the most important races among the handful of two-year-old events so far this season. And they all... Read More
Te Akau’s Captured By Love superb in 1,000 Guineas
The emerging rivalry between exciting fillies Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) and Captured By Love (Written Tycoon) swung back in the latter’s favour when she produced an outstanding performance in Saturday’s New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Riccarton. The Matamata-trained stars clashed for the first time in the Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m)... Read More
Jasmin Rouge causes a huge upset at Caulfield
Having finished a modest third on debut at Bendigo last month, the Clinton McDonald-trained Jasmin Rouge showed her talent when she got up in the dying strides to win Saturday’s Group 3 Thoroughbred Club of Australia Stakes at Caulfield. Given a fine ride by Ben Melham, the three-year-old produced a fine last–gasp effort to beat... Read More
Kimochi repays Yulong’s faith in Rupert Clarke
Saturday’s $1 million Rupert Clarke Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Caulfield provided a dream result for trainer Gary Portelli when Kimochi (4 m Brave Smash – Summer Fun) captured a maiden Group 1 success in the green and white colours of her relatively new owners, Yulong. After disappointing last time when seventh in the Empire... Read More