A Cup full of history for Teofilo
It wasn’t just Caulfield Cup history being created when Without A Fight and West Wind Blows led home a quinella for their sire Teofilo in Saturday’s race. For the first time this century, the progeny of one sire claimed the quinella of one of Australia’s great races, the Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m), with the... Read More
Sight Success triumphs in Premier Bowl for Size and Avdulla
Overshadowed by Hong Kong’s sprinting elite for the past two seasons, Australian-bred Sight Success (Magnus) was rewarded for admirable consistency with victory in the Premier Bowl Handicap (Gr 2, 1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday as Brenton Avdulla and John Size combined in spectacular fashion. A Group 1 runner-up and Group 3 winner, Sight Success slotted... Read More
Firefighters work to contain Scone fire
Firefighters were last night working to contain a blaze near Scone in close proximity to major Hunter Valley stallion farms, an effort which is expected to take several days, writes Tim Rowe. The bushfire, which had burned 521 hectares by 7pm last night, was heading in an easterly direction towards Segenhoe, an area where prominent... Read More
Legh hails Coeur Volante as his “best female” after Guineas Prelude win
Prolific owner enjoys brilliant day at Caulfield including Buffalo River regaining his Moonga Stakes crown Mega owner Rupert Legh declared Coeur Volante (Proisir) could be the best female he’s raced – including multiple Group 1 winner Tofane (Ocean Park) – after the filly’s second successive dominant stakes win on Saturday. Despite drawing the outside gate... Read More
King Of Steel strikes in Champion Stakes as Dettori signs off in style
Frankie Dettori signed off his stint riding in Britain in the best possible style when swooping late on King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett) to add another elite-level win to his bulging tally in yesterday’s British Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) at his beloved Ascot. Partnering the Epsom Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) runner-up for... Read More
Without A Fight battles bravely to land Caulfield Cup
Son of Teofilo hand Anthony and Sam Freedman their first win in the time-honoured Group 1 Teofilo’s (Galileo) outstanding reputation as a sire of stayers leapt skywards again when the Darley stallion took the quinella in yesterday’s Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m), as Without A Fight vindicated a tough choice for jockey Mark Zahra to... Read More