Dublin Down (AUS) 2 c Exceedance – Dublin Lass by O’Reilly O: R J Pawsey, S M George, Ms R C Parker, N B Smith, M Nalder, P J Beretta, W R Bowker, P A Dickson, B Clarke, J Flynn, Mrs D Flynn & Mrs L Nalder B: Edinburgh Park T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy... Read More

There’s a clip of Mark Shean calling Pierro’s 2012 Golden Slipper win – “Gai told us months ago” – that is etched into my memory and anyone else who has been watching racing TV and stallion ads. Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes gave me cause to remember that call because Scott Darby also told us that... Read More

Pierre Ng continued an impressive start to the 2023/24 season and extended his lead in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday as 12-time champion trainer John Size moved to within one win of reaching the 1,500-win milestone in Hong Kong. Ng took his tally to 16 wins with... Read More

Bill Andrews and Ian Lidstone are old mates. And that’s a good thing. Because a few years ago, Brisbane lawyer and breeder Andrews had had enough of this Fastnet Rock mare of his and put her in an online sale. Lidstone, a Gippsland-based importer and hobby breeder, noticed her. He didn’t know her origins, but... Read More

Brownes banking on homebred Staphanos three-year-old for breakthrough Group 1 Advice from retiring champion jockey Damien Oliver has expatriate Kiwi David Browne confident that his homebred filly Basilinna (Staphanos) is primed for today’s VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m). The three-year-old, still in her maiden racing preparation, was a closing last-start third in the Ethereal Stakes... Read More

Talented three-year-old Warmonger (War Decree) scored a game victory in the TAB Trophy (Listed, 1800m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr.  The New Zealand import sports the colours of OTI Racing who purchased the youngster after a dominant 800-metre barrier trial victory at Ashburton in April for... Read More