Helios Express sweeps to Hong Kong Classic Mile victory for Size, Bowman
Delivering on lofty pre-race expectations with a convincing victory in the HK$13 million (approx. AU$2.54 million) Hong Kong Classic Mile (Listed, 1600m) at Sha Tin yesterday, Helios Express (Toronado) will next attempt to emulate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) with success in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (Listed, 1800m) on 3 March. Golden Sixty... Read More
Paramount’s Classic script
Dunemann and Sparkes back in business for Inglis at Riverside Some of Australia’s premier breeders have backed start-up Hunter Valley operation Paramount Thoroughbreds, giving a boost to its studmasters as they look for an immediate box office hit at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. While Paramount is a new name on the scene, those behind... Read More
Lady Laguna adds first Group win to glowing record
OTI Racing’s Lady Laguna (Overshare) again showed how she had blossomed into a formidable four-year-old by scoring her third straight win and her first at Group level in the Southern Cross Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) in slick time at Rosehill yesterday. Bought as a foal out of the paddock from Victoria’s ill-fated Spendthrift Farm by... Read More
Vagrant breaks through at stakes level
Four-year-old mare Vagrant (Pariah) provided her sire with a second stakes winner when she completed a winning hat-trick in barnstorming style at Caulfield yesterday in the Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m). Jumping from gate two, the Mitch Freedman-trained Vagrant settled at the back of the eight-mare field and was still some six lengths behind... Read More
Coleman shoots to Blue Diamond favouritism
Coleman (Pierata) remained unbeaten and shot to favouritism for the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) with a breathtaking victory in yesterday’s Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. A $550,000 Gold Coast purchase last year for his trainer Matt Laurie and Justin Bahen Bloodstock, Coleman started a $2.10 favourite in the five–horse field for... Read More
Waterhouse and Bott unearth yet more juvenile talent at Rosehill
Tulloch Lodge strengthen their already ironclad grip on the juvenile ranks with fine two-year-old stakes double in Sydney Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s magical two-year-old onslaught grew only stronger when they swept yesterday’s juvenile features at Rosehill, with Lady Of Camelot (Written Tycoon) streaking away to win the Widden Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m), while Prost... Read More