Fairy Godmother produces magical performance in the Albany
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Fairy Godmother (2 f ex Night Of Thunder – Scintilating by Siyouni) produced one of the performances of the week so far, coming well off the pace to land the Albany Stakes (Gr 3, 6f) at Royal Ascot, under typically masterful ride by Ryan Moore. The daughter of Night Of Thunder (Dubawi)... Read More
‘He’s a machine’
Sprinter-turned-miler Inisherin blasts away rivals in Commonwealth Cup rout Inisherin (Shamardal) confirmed himself as the dominant three-year-old sprinter in Britain and Ireland when he produced a devastating performance to land Friday’s Commonwealth Cup (Gr 1, 6f) at Royal Ascot. Providing sire Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway) with a 28th individual Group 1 scorer, Inisherin’s path to victory... Read More
Gollan hoping Typhoon Taavi can deliver the goods for new connections
Tony Gollan holds a packed five-card hand for one of the last deals at the prospective broodmare table – the Gai Waterhouse Classic (Listed, 1200m) – and admits he’s finding it hard to pick one who’ll emerge with some precious late season black-type. As of last night Gollan had five of the 16-horse field for... Read More
Harding snaps up sale-topping daughter of Satono Aladdin
Well-known New Zealand owner Gary Harding’s investment in the Australasian foal market continued at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale on Thursday with the acquisition of a NZ$170,000 daughter of Satono Aladdin (Deep Impact). Coming just a week after Harding outlaid $525,000 for a weanling filly by Frankel (Galileo) at the Inglis Great Southern Sale... Read More
‘All our information on him is via the connections’
Corey Smith, the racing manager for Cranbourne trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock, won’t be submitting an application to join the Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA) any time soon. But he did take great delight in playing his role – along with Griffiths, de Kock and FBAA member Peter Ford – in buying... Read More
Good Sort (AUS)
Good Sort (AUS) 2 f Tassort – Canossa by Haradasun O: Grand Parkview Stud (Mgr: Ms LC Timms) B: Grand Park View Stud T: Chris Waller W: Hitotsu At Arrowfield Mdn Hcp, 1250m, June 19, Canterbury Grand Parkview Stud homebred Good Sort showed significant improvement and overcame a wide run to score on her second... Read More