Five-star Mr Brightside shines again
Mr Brightside (Bullbars) showed he could be on the way to earning champion status with a spine-tingling fifth elite-level success in yesterday’s CF Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Caulfield. Resuming after a strong but bittersweet spring – in which two Group 1 triumphs and a Group 2 win were followed by three top-tier seconds... Read More
FULL FORCE
Waterhouse and Bott send out another big juvenile winner as Hellbent colt impresses in Inglis Millennium RedFox Racing’s bargain buy Fully Lit (Hellbent) made light of a horror draw to score another major success for his sire and extend Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s dizzying two-year-old run with an imperious victory in yesterday’s Inglis Millennium... Read More
Legarto too good as she stars in Herbie Dyke Stakes
Ken and Bev Kelso have long believed Legarto (Proisir) had the potential to excel over 2000 metres, and their stable star proved them right yesterday with a sparkling performance in the Herbie Dyke Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) at Te Rapa. Legarto was a Group 1 superstar on both sides of the Tasman as a three-year-old... Read More
Bonny Lass makes Group 1 breakthrough
One of the unluckiest horses in the top echelon of New Zealand racing in recent times, Bonny Lass (Super Easy) turned things around with a supreme front-running performance in yesterday’s BCD Group Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) at Te Rapa. The $400,000 weight-for-age feature was the first Group 1 victory for the Super Easy (Darci Brahma)... Read More
Swettenham’s Lofty ambition for new sire son of Snitzel
Highly talented sprinter Lofty Strike (Snitzel), who was narrowly denied in some of Melbourne’s signature Group 1s, will stand at Victoria’s Swettenham Stud in 2024. The Julius Sandhu-trained Group 2-winning two- and three-year-old – a son of Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m)-winning filly Overreach (Exceed And Excel) – will not race again after studmaster Adam... Read More
Hutch taking measured approach ahead of Classic sale
The boss of Inglis’ bloodstock division Sebastian Hutch is maintaining a measured market view heading into the opening session of the company’s reshaped 2024 Classic Yearling Sale. Rarely one to overstate the likely outcome of an Inglis sale, chief executive Hutch said the Australasian yearling market so far this year paints a more circumspect picture... Read More