Dublin Down
It’s hard to find a good old bolter’s triumph story in the Golden Slipper. Two-year-old form being what it is – precocity rising to the early top, formlines exposed thanks to most entrants contesting the same handful of lead-ups – there haven’t been many winners to send the bookies wild. The biggest-priced winner of the... Read More
FAMILY TIES
Go Bloodstock’s Lady Of Camelot will be hoping it’s third time lucky for Miss Debutante in this weekend’s Golden Slipper hen Go Bloodstock’s Lady Of Camelot (Written Tycoon) takes her place alongside the best juveniles in Australia in this weekend’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) at Rosehill she will write another chapter of Miss Debutante’s... Read More
Slipper fancies draw favourably
Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite Storm Boy (Justify) has landed barrier two for Saturday’s two-year-old feature. The son of Justify’s (Scat Daddy) co-trainer Gai Waterhouse will be bidding to grab her eighth win in the race, and her second with fellow co-trainer Adrian Bott, when they field a six-strong team. The stable, who are... Read More
Extreme send-off for Rushton Park
Johnsons and Watkins-bred colt sells for $360,000 at Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale Rushton Park’s David and Kayley Johnson headed off for their industry sabbatical in the best way possible by selling their Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) colt for $360,000 at Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale on Tuesday. The Johnsons, who bred the... Read More
Easter topper lands trial
The Chris Waller-trained Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) produced a pleasing effort at the Rosehill trials on Monday when she appeared for the first time in public. Stepping out under James McDonald in a 900-metre heat, the daughter of The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) broke well to lead and was never headed, coming home 1.2... Read More
Kennewell lands his ‘must-have’ I Am Invincible filly for $400,000
Baramul’s daughter of champion sire tops day one of Magic Millions sale en years ago, trainer Lloyd Kennewell paid $40,000 for an I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) filly at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale. That filly turned out to be dual Group 1-winning sprinter Viddora, a mare who took the then Morphettville-based Kennewell around... Read More