Inglis hope vendors well-rewarded for ‘quality’ Ready2Race offerings
Inglis are hopeful an accent on quality over quantity this year will ensure vendors go home happy after Tuesday’s Ready2Race Sale at Riverside. A total of 196 two-year-olds have been catalogued, down from 226 last year and 290 in 2022, reflecting some tougher times in the yearling sale market earlier this year. However, Inglis’s general... Read More
Galaxy Patch underlines rich talent with Sha Tin Trophy romp
Synonymous with Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia D’Oro) towering feats, Vincent Ho has anointed Galaxy Patch (Wandjina) as Hong Kong’s “next future star” after the gelding’s dominant Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (Gr 2, 1600m) victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. Ho piloted Galaxy Patch to an emphatic one and half length win over Group 1 winner Voyage... Read More
Bright future predicted for Arrowfield’s exciting stallion Castelvecchio
Second-season sire enjoyed breakthrough stakes win courtesy of El Castello’s Gloaming Stakes triumph On a red letter day for Arrowfield in which two horses they bred made the biggest headlines in the country, this may have escaped some notice: their young stallion Castelvecchio (Dundeel) appears to have officially launched as a sire. Much attention focused... Read More
City Of Troy to retire after Breeders’ Cup Classic
European champion two-year-old and Epsom Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) hero City Of Troy (Justify) will retire to Coolmore’s base in Ireland after the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Gr 1, 10f) at Del Mar in three weeks’ time. The news was revealed by Coolmore on Saturday and ends any speculation he would stand alongside his sire... Read More
Snazzytavi stuns in Livamol romp
A trophy that slipped through Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s grasp in their early days of racehorse ownership now has pride of place in the Cambridge Stud trophy cabinet, thanks to a stunning coming-of-age performance by Snazzytavi in Saturday’s Livamol Classic (Gr 1, 2040m) at Te Rapa. The Lindsays’ foundation mare J’Adane (Danehill) went agonisingly close... Read More
Hong Kong option for Antino
A trip to Hong Kong could now be on the agenda for Antino after the six-year-old took out Saturday’s Toorak Handicap in tremendous style. Tony Gollan mentioned Hong Kong post-race, with Antino holding an entry in the Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) on December 8. “This might change things now,” Gollan told Racing.com. “I... Read More