Allam has high hopes for final foal from star mare Bonnie Mac
More than two years have passed but owner-breeder Steve Allam continues to rue the premature death of his star broodmare Bonnie Mac (Thorn Park), who was lost at the tender age of 12. But today, Allam will see the single foal he bred from the mare and sold for seven figures at last year’s Inglis... Read More
Is there a Diamond in the Godolphin six?
Those looking into the crystal ball in a bid to forecast this season’s big-race two-year-old winners may only need to look at recent history for a pointer to the future. Godolphin and Victorian trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman have had an uncanny ability to unveil a classy young horse, usually an elite juvenile, in recent... Read More
Kilgravin Lodge toast extraordinary Macau Derby winner Cheers Brothers
There was plenty about the 2022 Macau Derby (Listed, 1800m) that was just plain strange, but the Taipa feature may have unearthed a horse capable of representing the territory with aplomb abroad with Inglis and Karaka graduate Cheers Brothers (Deep Field) potentially set to follow in the path of past winners Luen Yat Forever (Honours... Read More
Taiki Yanagida dies following fall in race
The New Zealand racing industry were last night mourning the death of Matamata-based jockey Taiki Yanagida after he died at the age of 28. The Japanese-born rider suffered critical injuries following a fall in the last race at the Cambridge race meeting on Wednesday and had been on life support at Waikato Hospital. His mother... Read More
‘He’s top class’ – rider Crosse relishing massive Marois test for State Of Rest
Shane Crosse believes Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) has the pace to prove a potent force when dropped back to a mile in Sunday’s Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr 1, 1600m), where top-notch three-year-olds Coroebus (Dubawi) and Maljoom (Caravaggio) could lie in wait. State Of Rest’s biggest victories have come... Read More