‘We haven’t seen the real Verry Elleegant’ – Graffard hoping for Ascot revival
Francis Graffard might feel he is due a change of luck after recent events but his chief hope for Verry Elleegant’s (Zed) challenge in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 4f) at Ascot tomorrow is that she can show European audiences her true colours. Graffard was forced to run Verry Elleegant... Read More
Everest runner Jacquinot to stand at Widden Stud after $15 million deal
Thompson and Qatar Racing’s Sheikh Fahad snap up explosive Rubick colt ahead of world’s richest race on turf at Randwick Widden Stud has pulled off a stunning coup on the eve of The Everest (1200m) by purchasing exciting Group 1-winning stallion prospect Jacquinot (Rubick), the sole three-year-old colt in tomorrow’s $15 million sprint, the world’s... Read More
Buyers with Stars in their eyes at Tattersalls
Day two of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale brought some increasingly intense trade that reached boiling point shortly after 7pm when Roger Varian struck the day’s highest bid of 700,000gns (approx. AU$1,299,000) to secure the Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) colt out of Along Came Casey (Oratorio) from Longview Stud. The dam... Read More
Cardinal Gem
Choisir (Danehill Dancer) may be gone, but the grand stallion is still giving and it appears certain his influence will be felt for many years to come, both here and abroad. Coolmore’s former dual-hemisphere titan, who died last December aged 22, notched his 103rd stakes winner on Saturday when the Grahame Begg- trained Cardinal Gem... Read More
Jamie Richards lands first Hong Kong winner
In a memorable convergence of Hong Kong training generations, Me Tsui and Jamie Richards posted significant milestones at Happy Valley yesterday when veteran Tsui reached notched his 600th victory in the jurisdiction as Richards slotted his first. Tsui, 62, followed in the footsteps of Francis Lui and Dennis Yip – who both recently notched their... Read More
Frankel mare tops Inglis Digital Sale
Romantic Road, a four-year-old daughter of champion sire Frankel (Galileo) out of Canadian Grade 1 winner Miss Keller (Montjeu), and Seagrove (Exceed And Excel) have topped the latest Inglis Digital sale, which concluded yesterday. The pair sold for $150,000, with the unraced Romantic Road purchased by Emma Smith on behalf of Valencia Park in New... Read More