Emerging pretenders
Being King is okay except that once in charge, lurking around the corner is a pretender, wanting your crown. Crocetti (Zacinto) is clearly the King of the New Zealand three-year-olds. Unbeaten in six starts including last month’s New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), he has done everything to deserve the title. Emerging since... Read More
Smorgasbord of divine pedigrees await Easter sale in 2024
Entree offering released by Inglis ahead of next year’s blue riband Riverside auction Inglis has released a mouth-watering teaser of what it will have to offer at its 2024 Australian Easter Yearling Sale, promising an array of relations to some of Australasia’s best-performed horses, as well as a selection with an international flavour. The “Mini... Read More
Widden purchase Coolmore runner-up I Am Unstoppable
Kennewell to target Lightning and Newmarket with three-year-old son of champion sire Stakes-winning sprinter and Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m)-placed stallion prospect I Am Unstoppable (I Am Invincible) will stand at Widden at the conclusion of his racing career, but first his new owners will chase Group 1 glory in a bid to enhance... Read More
Badel eyes HKIR features after Sha Tin double
Chasing breakthrough Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) success on Sunday, Alexis Badel laid down a positive marker for the showpiece meeting when the jockey posted a confidence-boosting double at Sha Tin yesterday. Booked to ride defending champion Wellington (All Too Hard) in the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m), Champion Dragon (Starspangledbanner) in the Hong... Read More
Talent spotting at Tattersalls as Classic winner’s daughter makes 575,000gns
The daughter of Coolmore shuttler St Mark’s Basilica (Siyouni) and English Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f) winner Talent (New Approach), ranked as one of the best-bred offerings in the Tattersalls December Foal Sale catalogue, and Ashbrittle Stud’s filly was duly the subject of the biggest bidding battle at Friday’s headline session. Tom Goff, standing by... Read More
Eneeza lives up to sales ring price in Merson Cooper
Peter Moody celebrated 25 years as a trainer in style when $1.1 million two-year-old Eneeza (Exceed And Excel) opened her dam Sweet Sherry’s (Bel Esprit) winning account with black-type success at Caulfield yesterday. Bred by Silverdale Farm and bought by Kia Ora Stud and Tony Fung Investments as the equal seventh-top filly at this year’s... Read More