Flying Spur’s special Saturday
On one of Australian racing’s biggest days, the influence of the great Flying Spur shone through, not only through the winner of The Everest, but in the pedigrees of three Group 1 winners. The 1995 Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) proved a frustrating end to a frustrating three-year-old spring for Flying Spur (Danehill). In his... Read More
‘She was the closest mare that I’ve had an affinity with in my lifetime’
Tributes flow for Winx’s dam Vegas Showgirl after her sudden death, aged 21 John Camilleri, Peter O’Brien and the wider Segenhoe Stud team are mourning the death of champion broodmare Vegas Showgirl (Al Akbar), who died suddenly yesterday, but her ongoing influence on the Australian Stud Book is likely to be felt for decades to... Read More
City Of Troy brilliant in Dewhurst Stakes romp
Despite there being a doubt about whether he would even take part in the race, City Of Troy cemented his place at the top of this year’s two-year-old tree with a devastating victory in yesterday’s Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. Having produced a bloodless display in winning the Superlative Stakes (Gr 2, 7f) on his previous... Read More
Group 1 glory for Ladies Man in Livamol
Respected New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock has always seen Ladies Man (Zed) as a superstar in waiting, and Saturday’s Livamol Classic (Gr 1, 2040m) marked the big gelding’s arrival on the major stage. The lightly raced six-year-old overpowered his elite weight-for-age opposition at Hastings, joining his half-sister Ladies First (Dylan Thomas) as a Group One... Read More
Cox Plate on the table for Fangirl
Chris Waller will now consider a tilt at the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) for Fangirl (Sebring), after the mare captured the third Group 1 of her career in yesterday’s King Charles III Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Randwick. Sporting the Ingham family’s famous cerise silks, the daughter of Sebring (More Than Ready) produced a... Read More
World class!
Think About It (So You Think) cemented his position as Australia’s newest sprinting star as he produced a scintillating display to win The Everest (1200m) at Randwick yesterday. The five-year-old’s triumph also markedly increased the chances of Coolmore’s So You Think (High Chaparral) being crowned Australia’s Champion Sire for the first time at the end... Read More