‘Surprise packet’ Stefi magnificent in Stradbroke win
Talented All Too Hard mare provides the Cunninghams and Zac Lloyd with their maiden Group 1 success By In a race that provided a pair of firsts, while also keeping up a family tradition, Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm materialised into an epic success for brave filly Stefi Magnetica (All Too... Read More
So You Think colt scores trial win at Randwick
A total of seven juvenile trials were conducted at Randwick on Friday, with plenty of exciting youngsters on show and the first trial of the morning went the way of the John O’Shea-trained Bartolf (So You Think). The son of Coolmore’s So You Think (High Chaparral) finished second in his first trial over 742 metres... Read More
Munz launches latest attack on Racing Victoria
Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners Association (TROA) chairman Jonathan Munz has backed Tim Rourke to be appointed new chairman of Racing Victoria. In a statement released after Rourke and Mark Player were appointed to the RV board, Munz cautioned Victorian racing minister Anthony Carbines against selecting a current board member, including Tim Eddy, for the role of... Read More
Last-minute Snitzel proves irresistible for Carey
Iskander-bred colt sets new record at Great Southern Sale after selling for $575,000 A decision to sell a prized Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) colt considered the best of the year just days out from the Inglis Great Southern Sale has paid a massive financial dividend for his breeder Sheriff Iskander. The half-brother to Sir Owen Glenn’s... Read More
I Found You (AUS)
2 f I Am Invincible – Listen Here by Elusive Quality O: China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd B: Cressfield Thoroughbreds T: Peter and Paul Snowden S: 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Cressfield P: China Horse Club, $1,300,000 W: James Squire Maiden Handicap, 1150m, June 12, Randwick-Kensington The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained I... Read More
“He’s been well received already”
Telemon Thoroughbreds is first and foremost a stallion farm, but studmaster Dan Fletcher was reticent to add a new boy to the Queensland farm’s roster just for the sake of it. The game’s too hard as it is and the family owned Telemon doesn’t have the outside financial backing to be able to play the... Read More