We love our streaks in racing, and in breeding too, and the joyously-named Yum (Ghaiyyath) extended a remarkable one on Saturday. By winning the Jim Moloney Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at her fourth start – putting herself in markets for the Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) – the John McArdle-trained... Read More

Most of last season’s top echelon of two-year-olds have reappeared for the spring, those who were front and centre on the biggest autumn stages. But one who took a road less travelled that could turn out the most special of them all will resume at Rosehill on Saturday, with connections trying to keep a lid... Read More

Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), one of the world’s hottest sires, has died unexpectedly at the age of 17. His premature death while on shuttle duty in Australia was announced on Coolmore’s social media channels in a post that stated the horse suffered from “acute pneumonia which deteriorated rapidly.” The post continued: “Despite round-the-clock care from a... Read More

It’s clear that Sunline Vase (Gr 3, 1400m) winner Tajana (Darci Brahma) is for real. Her form at two was more than promising but in her two starts this season she has proved best of the fillies and maybe the best three-year-old at this point of the season. Although she performed fairly on top of... Read More

Peter V’landys’ Racing NSW has moved to illustrate why it issued a notice to the Australian Turf Club to show cause why its board should not be replaced by an administrator, highlighting a list of areas – financial and otherwise – where it says the ATC is falling down. RNSW issued a “participants bulletin” on... Read More

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable and Coolmore’s young sire Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) were the stars of the show as the season’s juveniles stepped out at Sydney’s first official two-year-old trials on Monday. You can’t really get more “early running” than winning the first two heats at the Kensington trials but that’s... Read More