The Autumn Sun bidding to end lucrative season on a high
Sneaky Sunrise and Know Thyself aiming to add more stakes glory to Arrowfield’s in-form stallion’s burgeoning CV Arrowfield Stud’s boom stallion The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) gets the chance to enhance his growing reputation when two of his more promising progeny line up in stakes races on Saturday afternoon. Having enjoyed a breakthrough season with... Read More
Extremely Hardys (AUS)
Extremely Hardys (AUS) 2 f Extreme Choice – Killcareless by More Than Ready O: Huashan Investments B: Kingstar Farm T: Chris Waller S: 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Newgate Farm P: Guy Mulcaster / Chris Waller Racing, $300,000 W: Dundeel At Arrowfield Plate, 1200m, July 3, Canterbury The Chris Waller-trained debutant Extremely Hardys... Read More
Vale Tom Lowry
Tom Lowry, an immensely influential figure in the New Zealand thoroughbred industry, died on Monday aged 88. He was the third generation to operate the famous Okawa Stud in Hawke’s Bay, a property first established by his grandfather and then successfully run by his father for many years. Like his father before him, Lowry quickly... Read More
Laxon dreaming of spring goals with Sunshine Coast-bound trio
Co-trainer looks to the future with talented threesome vying for stakes glory this weekend Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m)-winning trainer Sheila Laxon is daring to dream of spring racing carnival glory if her three stakes runners can run up to expectations at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, headlined by the stable’s highly progressive stayer Knight’s... Read More
Bigger things expected from Extremely Hardys
The Chris Waller-trained debutant Extremely Hardys (Extreme Choice) turned heads when she bolted in in a 1200-metre maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday. Ridden by Tim Clark and carrying the colours of Orbis Bloodstock, the juvenile daughter of Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt), who had won and run second in two of her four trials... Read More
Supercilious makes a big first impression
Blake Shinn is confident that Supercilious (Written Tycoon) can work her way through the grades after she produced an impressive win in a 1300-metre fillies maiden at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday. The filly was making her third competitive appearance having run eighth in the Blue Diamond Prelude (F) (Gr 2, 1100m) in February and was last... Read More