Laurie’s colts ready to rock and roll in the Caulfield Guineas

Matt Laurie is confident that a wide draw will be no barrier to success for Vinrock (I Am Invincible) in the Caulfield Guineas (Gr. 1, 1600m) as the crack colt headlines the stable’s three-pronged attack on the stallion-making contest this Saturday.  Laurie quipped that it might be the first and last time his wife Kate... Read More

Kenmore Lodge assemble quality draft for Magic Millions HIT Sale

Progeny by a diverse mix of proven and emerging sires are set to go under the hammer at Thursday’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale, with Kenmore Lodge’s draft neatly encapsulating that balance. Run by Kellie and Cameron Bond, the Wyreema-based nursery managed a 100 per cent clearance rate at the sale last... Read More

Deja Vu?

Beginning his first season at stud this year is Little Avondale’s Little Brose (Per Incanto), the 2023 Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) victor. Although Little Brose carries the AUS suffix he was conceived at Sam and Dame Catriona Williams’ Little Avondale Stud. The same is true of Eurocanto (Per Incanto) whose debut in Flemington’s... Read More

Quick draw McGaw aims to fire a shot at the Coolmore

The Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) has traditionally been the domain of the rich and famous, but David and Emma-Lee Browne will be gatecrashing the party with their $14,000 bargain buy McGaw after the speedy son of I Am Immortal (I Am Invincible) bounced out of his first stakes win last Saturday. Blueblood colts... Read More

Lucky run continues for Rabbit’s Foot as Prix Royallieu third tops Arqana Arc Sale

Rabbit’s Foot (Golden Horde) topped the Arqana Arc Sale on Saturday evening after running the race of her life in the Prix de Royallieu (Gr 1, 2800m) at Longchamp only hours earlier. In finishing third to Consent (Lope De Vega) in the Group 1 event, Francois Rohaut’s filly had made herself a considerably more valuable... Read More

ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ASFOORA!!

In an incredible feat of training from Henry Dwyer, the remarkable Asfoora (7 m Flying Artie – Golden Child by I Am Invincible) made further history on Sunday as she became the first Australian-trained horse to win in France when readily landing the Prix de l’Aabaye (Gr 1, 1000m) at Longchamp. Having scored in the... Read More