NURSERY OF STARS
A host of exciting first-season sires are represented in the Inglis-backed Randwick race Tony McEvoy is confident promising colt Blue Stratum (Blue Point) can open his highly-rated sire’s Australian account while checking the golden starts of two other first-season stallions – Tassort (Brazen Beau) and Exceedance (Exceed And Excel) – in today’s Inglis Nursery (RL,... Read More
Pateman out to find his Group 1 Mojo
Western Australia’s premier sire Playing God (Blackfriars) has been an asset to the majority of Perth’s trainers and the emerging stable of Mitch Pateman is no exception. Jockey-turned-trainer Pateman will saddle up Mojo Rhythm, a five-year-old son of the Darling View stallion, in today’s Northerly Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), the last of WA’s three Group... Read More
Eneeza (AUS)
Eneeza (AUS) 2 f Exceed And Excel – Sweet Sherry by Bel Esprit O: Kia Ora Stud (Mgr: A Krishnan) and TFI (Mgr: Miss S Williams) B: Grant Bloodstock T: Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman S: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Silverdale Farm P: Kia Ora Stud Pty Ltd/TFI, $1.1 million W: Merson... Read More
The latest in a year of shocks
Just as we were getting over the political barney involving Russell Balding almost having his two-year term on the Racing NSW board rubber stamped, and then withdrawn at the last minute in bizarre circumstances by the party who introduced it, the Australian Turf Club stepped up to deliver one of the shocks of the year.... Read More
New racecourse in Sydney no concrete plan as trainers slam Rosehill scheme
Gai Waterhouse and Richard Freedman voice their concerns after Wednesday night’s revelation of the proposal to shut 138-year-old Parramatta track The proposal to build a new racecourse in Sydney is “an ambition” rather than a “non-negotiable” part of the plan to sell Rosehill for a residential development, Australian Turf Club chairman Peter McGauran said today.... Read More
Baby Paris
As a boy in the dry, baking hot town of Kalgoorlie in the 1950s, Gary Bowen used to look forward to two days in particular. One was every Sunday. His family wasn’t particularly religious, or at all in fact. “My dad’s only religion was he’d go to the pub every Sunday,” says Bowen. But that... Read More