Justify and American Pharoah rested from shuttle duties this year
Coolmore’s US Triple Crown winners Justify (Scat Daddy) and American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) will not return to Australia this breeding season, with the stallions both rested from shuttle duties. Justify, who was due to stand for a fee of $55,000 (inc GST) at Jerrys Plains this season, had his first southern hemisphere-bred yearlings met... Read More
Azkadellia’s maiden foal born with one eye
Group 1 winner with controversial past finally finds home at stud after years in the wilderness Azkadellia (Shinko King), the Group 1-winning mare who was found to be raced by convicted conman Peter Foster, and whose bona fides saw her trainer Ciaron Maher sidelined by authorities in 2017 for six months, has had her first... Read More
Absolutely a good idea to look at Japanese-Australian mating
When the Redoute’s Choice Group 1 AJC Oaks–winning mare Absolutely produced her second winner, from as many offspring, at Hakodate in Japan last Saturday, it maintained a strong Australian international breeding link which was seemingly reignited through Royal Ascot. It also again highlighted the remarkable success of Japanese stallions over Redoute’s Choice mares – although,... Read More
Lor moves closer to championship
Clasping an imposing lead over John Size in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship, Frankie Lor refuses to believe the battle with his former mentor is over despite edging to a seven-win buffer after My Ecstatic’s (All Too Hard) authoritative victory at Happy Valley last night. Attempting to land the championship for the first time, Lor... Read More
Ireland of the South Pacific
As the current racing season begins to wind down, there are still more than 20 stakes races to be run in our two countries next month and Kiwi thoroughbreds in Australia continue to represent our industry with good results. A Group 3 win from ex-New Zealand trained London Banker (Tavistock) was Saturday’s headline act,... Read More
Third for Churchill
New winners Churchill – Churchill brought up his third individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when the Lindsey Smith-trained Lord Randolph (2 g ex Original Sin by Shinzig) won the Two-Year-Old Plate (1600m) at Pinjarra. Making his third start, Lord Randolph stepped up in distance to a mile and ran out a convincing length-and-a-quarter winner over Megami... Read More