Headley Grange hits the big time with Kingsford-Smith victory
Redoubtable gelding Headley Grange (Exosphere) took his role as an Inglis Digital poster boy to stunning new heights when he became an elite and weight-for-age winner in Saturday’s Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr 1, 1300m) at Eagle Farm. Trained by a master of second-hand horses in Joe Pride and well ridden by quiet achiever Adam Hyeronimus, Headley... Read More
JJ Atkins next on the agenda for Berzelius following rousing Sires’ Produce win
Australia’s highest-priced stallion Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) racked up stakes winner number 19 when longshot colt Berzelius defied a betting drift to lift Queensland’s Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. A $340,000 purchase at Magic Millions Gold Coast for trainer Michael Freedman, Michael Wallace and Kia Ora Stud,... Read More
Waller’s Providence provides landmark winners for McDonald and Wootton Bassett in classy Derby display
The late Wootton Bassett’s (Iffraaj) legacy has been extended by his first Australian-bred elite winner after Chris Waller and James McDonald continued their phenomenal run of success with Providence’s win the Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m). In a quinella for Waller and the China Horse Club – Newgate Farm axis, the strapping colt led home... Read More
Front Rank (AUS)
3 g Snitzel – In The Vanguard by Encosta De Lago O: Go Bloodstock Australia B: Go Bloodstock Australia T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott W: Toyota Forklifts Maiden Handicap, 1250m, May 27, Canterbury The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Front Rank (Snitzel) made a winning debut on Wednesday when landing a 1250-metre maiden at... Read More
Caspar Fownes surges back to top of trainers’ championship, while Joao Moreira fires in treble
Caspar Fownes reclaimed the lead in a rollercoaster battle for the Hong Kong trainers’ championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday night with a double as Joao Moreira slotted a treble, while Zac Purton needs only one more winner to reach 2,000 wins in Hong Kong. Fownes’ (56 wins) wrested back the lead in an engrossing... Read More
Fiorenza tops Inglis Digital May (Late) Sale, headed for date with Lead Artist
Fiorenza (Kingman) – who finished as top lot in the Inglis Digital May (Late) Online Sale that ended on Thursday – will be immediately retired and visit Arrowfield’s new stallion Lead Artist (Dubawi) this season after selling to the famed Hunter Valley nursery for $325,000. Fiorenza had initially passed in for Mark Towell’s GT Park... Read More