
Happy Together delivers for Badel and Lor
Happy Together (Dragon Pulse) showcased his January Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1800m) credentials with a convincing win in the Class 2 Saturn Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for Frankie Lor and Alexis Badel, while Pierre Ng continued an extraordinary season with a double. Badel was confident Happy Together would benefit from a... Read More

Eustace lands Hong Kong licence after meteoric rise
Ciaron Maher Racing confident it’ll be status quo despite loss of stable’s co-trainer Ciaron Maher’s right-hand man David Eustace will move to Hong Kong ahead of next season as the Jockey Club continues the renewal of its training ranks, ending months of speculation that he would leave the Australian racing behemoth for Asia. Englishman Eustace,... Read More

Three to follow on the weekend
Storm Boy (Eagle Farm R6 #1) TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: BJ McLachlan Stakes (Group 3, 1200m) A dominant two and a half length winner on debut at Rosehill, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Storm Boy (Justify) takes the next logical step in his career this Saturday, rising to Group 3 level... Read More

Highness
The promising Michael Freedman-trained colt Highness (Snitzel) served notice of a regal future in jumping out of the ground late on to claim Wyong’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) last week. And in so doing he revived memories of a close relative, his ‘uncle’ Dissident (Sebring), a stallion whose reputation may have dimmed somewhat... Read More

Picture perfect start for Photographics
Per Incanto filly provides important pedigree update ahead of the sales season Two-year-old Photographics’ win at Warwick Farm yesterday provided a timely reminder of the potency and versatility of her New Zealand-based sire Per Incanto (Street Cry). The debut performance of the John Sargent-trained filly, who led throughout in a two-year-old handicap over 1000 metres,... Read More

Astapor bidding to deliver Hay his biggest day
Unbeaten juvenile son of Tassort aiming to secure first stakes win in Eagle Farm’s BJ McLachlan Telemon Thoroughbreds’ belief in exciting young stallion Tassort (Brazen Beau) could yield them an early black–type reward when unbeaten country colt Astapor tackles Saturday’s BJ McLachlan Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Eagle Farm. And if he succeeds, it would... Read More