The Pride of The Everest
Since 2020, Joe Pride’s affinity for The Everest has yielded his runners $14.1 million in prize-money, and now a winner of Australia’s richest race. Over a 23-year training career, Joe Pride has forged a reputation for turning affordable horses into star performers, but the emergence of Think About It (So You Think) as a winner... Read More
Murdoch to sell-up Larneuk Stud with Nagambie on the horizon
$4 million property in tightly held part of north-east Victoria put on the market Neville Murdoch is selling Larneuk Stud and getting out of the cut-throat stallion game, but the expatriate Kiwi won’t be lost to the thoroughbred breeding industry altogether. The 84-hectare Victorian farm, located in a tightly held area of Gooram, near Euroa... Read More
Good week for Darley’s Dubawi
New winners Calyx – Warda Jamila (2 f ex Promise Me by Montjeu) became the 19th individual winner for Coolmore’s former shuttle stallion Calyx (Kingman) when landing a mile novice event at Leicester on Tuesday. Calyx, who shuttled to Jerrys Plains Farm in 2020 and 2021, stood the 2023 northern hemisphere breeding season at Coolmore’s... Read More
Making the case
Although ambitious, the plan for Ladies Man (Zed) – convincing winner of the Livamol Classic (Gr 1, 2040m) at Hastings on Saturday – to head to the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m), has plenty of merit. The bookmakers might not agree but the six-year-old’s path has been plotted expertly by Allan Sharrock, a master at... Read More
Colt king pounces on Debutant chance Aardvark
Super quick Capitalist colt set for his first start in Harron’s silks at Caulfield Under different circumstances Aardvark (Capitalist) would have been heading to the Gold Coast this week as a possible sales-topping two-year-old, but instead he’ll race in tomorrow’s Magic Millions-sponsored Debutant Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Caulfield. The juvenile was a member of trainer... Read More
Bowman’s Sha Tin Trophy masterclass on California Spangle caps four-timer
Hugh Bowman crowned an outstanding display – and sealed a quartet – at Sha Tin yesterday with a masterful ride on California Spangle (Starspangeldbanner) in the Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (Gr 2, 1600m) to lay the foundations for the Tony Cruz-trained gelding’s defence of the Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) on December 10. Bowman’s... Read More