New winners Saxon Warrior (pictured above) – Irregular Warfare (2 c ex Artistic Jewel by Excellent Art) provided Coolmore’s first-season sire Saxon Warrior (Deep Impact) with a 22nd individual winner when running out a ready victor of a seven-furlong maiden at Wolverhampton. Trained Roger Varian, the colt was sent out the odds-on favourite off the... Read More

Filly secures a Classic double for high-flying Rich Hill Stud sire Proisir, who has won three of first five Group 1 races of the season Yesterday’s 50th running of the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) was expected to be a procession for hot favourite Legarto – and indeed it was – but not... Read More

Having grown up in Gundagai, NSW, Sky Racing presenter Anthony Manton is a country lad through and through and he’s passionate about racing in the bush. So much so that not only does the 39-year-old spend up to 20 hours a week in his car driving to thoroughbred meetings around the southern region of NSW... Read More

Cambridge-based horseman hoping to reap the rewards of graduate success and pedigree updates as he feels the buzz of Karaka Kit Brooks is preparing his second draft of horses under his own banner to offer at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, but there are still several novelties for the horseman about... Read More

With several Victorian studs left reeling from the recent catastrophic floods in the region, the local community – both equine and further afield – has rallied around the thoroughbred breeding industry to help with the resultant clean-up, with Noorilim Park’s Chris Kent calling the effort “inspiring”.  More than 100 people had registered to volunteer with... Read More

Godolphin cap remarkable spring with another big-race success at Newcastle with son of Hallowed Crown It was a case of what might have been when the outside barrier thwarted all hopes of Vilana (Hallowed Crown) soaring to victory in the Golden Eagle (1500m) a fortnight ago, but faced with a smoother run the son of... Read More