The Guineas’ so far – The Appleby and Dubawi show
Charlie Appleby’s quest for an historic clean sweep of the English, French and Irish 2,000 Guineas looks as near to certain as anything can be in the capricious world of horseracing as his charge Native Trail is a likely odds-on favourite for the final leg at the Curragh this weekend. It’s similarly likely that if... Read More
Staying the distance
Apart from Entriviere (Tavistock), whose spirited finish from last to be just a half length away third in the Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, 1200m), the Kiwis and Kiwi-breds again found their niche in two of Saturday’s longer races for the three-year-olds. Time and patience was evident in the South Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) in... Read More
Double for Harry Angel
New winners Harry Angel (pictured above)- Darley shuttler Harry Angel sired his first two winners this week, beginning with Vicious Harry’s (2 c ex Umneeyatee by Encosta De Lago) win in the Prix Du Coq Chantant (1000m) at Chantilly. Trained by Mauricio Delcher Sanchez, the colt beat Neversay (No Nay Never) by one and a... Read More
Last chance for buyers to snap up top-quality weanlings as Inglis unveils Great Southern catalogue
Mares in foal to Kingman, Toronado and So You Think also set to go under the hammer next at Oaklands month Offspring of Australia’s hottest sires including Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) and Written Tycoon (Iglesia) headline a sparkling catalogue of 377 weanlings at next month’s Inglis Great Southern Sale at Oaklands.... Read More
Size regains lead in championship as Shinn, Whyte shine with doubles
Four days after becoming only the second trainer in Hong Kong history to saddle 1,400 winners, John Size regained the lead in the 2021/22 trainers’ championship from Frankie Lor with a treble at a drenched Sha Tin yesterday afternoon. Bidding for a record 12th title, Size prepared the last three winners on the card with... Read More
’Now they are living it, they are blown away by the success’
Triple Crown Syndications’ Michael and Chris Ward are as synonymous with horseracing’s Everest as Sir Edmund Hillary is with the real thing. They have made The Everest (1200m) their own since its inauguration in 2017 with their red and white colours carried by Redzel (Snitzel) in three runnings of the world’s richest sprint race resulting... Read More