Cambridge Stud’s ambitious decision to invest in the highly credentialed Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) paid further dividends yesterday, as the stallion notched another milestone with his first Group 1 winner in yesterday’s VRC Derby (Gr 1, 2500m). The Chris Waller-trained Manzoice (3 c Almanzor – Choice by Mastercraftsman), unfancied at $21, came home best to deny... Read More

I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) stamped his authority as a dominant supplier of elite-level sprinters with the stallion providing back-to-back winners of the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), as In Secret (3 f I Am Invincible – Eloping by Choisir) led home a quinella for the fillies, who upstaged their male counterparts. Godolphin’s three-year-old... Read More

Kazou (AUS) 3 f Zoustar – Cat Moves by Tale Of The Cat O: Mr C J Waller, Gandharvi, Ms M J Waller, Mr A A Lockhart, Mr R Smith, Mr I Bruce, Lamphee Racing, Mr M Phillips, Mrs L Phillips, Mr K T Pobjie, Mrs S L Pobjie, Mr W J Peterson, Ms S... Read More

Fortunes in racing can change in an instant. And not least in the rollercoaster journey of racehorse ownership, a ride on which you’re only ever one horse away from the glitz and glamour of the big time. But, for two owners in Darby Racing’s Golden Eagle (1500m) contender Overpass (Vancouver), without some perseverance and a... Read More

Champion Hong Kong trainer John Moore may have bailed on his Gold Coast stable experiment earlier this year, but his nephew James Moore believes the glitter strip is the place to secure his own long-term training future. James Moore chose not to follow his father Gary, the younger brother of John, to Macau where the... Read More

With this year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) just five days away, preparations for the 2023 renewal have begun already as Sydney-based trainer Annabel Neasham hit bidders for six when scooping the highest-priced lot at Wednesday’s third session of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, going to 675,000gns (approx. AU$1.26 million) for  Fancy Man... Read More