Stradbroke goal for Coeur Volante
Mike Moroney has confirmed his stable star Coeur Volante (Proisir) will have the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) in Queensland in June as her major target. The three-year-old filly won both the Scarborough Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) and Thousand Guineas Prelude (Gr 2, 1400m) in the spring before running fourth in the Thousand... Read More
Coeur Volante’s traits have Ballymore going back for more Proisirs
Rich Hill’s filly by New Zealand’s champion sire sells for $170,000 at Karaka The similarities between a $170,000 Proisir (Choisir) filly and Mike Moroney’s three-time stakes winner Coeur Volante proved irresistible for the trans-Tasman trainer at Karaka yesterday. Ballymore’s Moroney continued his plundering of the Book 2 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale, signing for... Read More
Hayasugi
Veteran breeder Mike O’Donnell bought an unraced mare by Commands called China Road online in July 2017 and then found out she only had one ovary. Didn’t matter. He would have bought her anyway, had he known, and she only cost ten grand. O’Donnell of Fairhill Farm bought China Road because her two-year-old Dynastic (Love... Read More
Moroney’s judgement stands test of time for Sears
Pendragon’s half-brother joins Queensland stable after $220,000 buy at NZB As the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And that’s the philosophy Queensland trainers Tony and Maddy Sears have stuck by at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale, once again employing the services of renowned agents Paul Moroney and Catheryne... Read More
Derby aim on Ascend The Throne
Te Akau have New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) aspirations in mind for Ascend The Throne following the gelding’s win in yesterday’s Group 2 Waikato Guineas. After commencing his career with two strong performances over shorter trips, Ascend The Throne looked comfortable in breaking his maiden over 2000 metres on his previous start, a performance... Read More
Baker goes back to Little Avondale well
Earlier in the afternoon, Sam Williams has compared his and wife Catriona’s Savabeel colt, who was bought by Bjorn Baker and Jim Clarke for $525,000, to another Little Avondale-bred stakes winner by the same sire in Addictive Nature. The colt is the second foal out of two-time winner Alam Mo Na (High Chaparral), herself a... Read More