39 for Blue Point
New winners Blue Point – Indivar (2 c ex Bitter Lake by Halling) provided Darley shuttler Blue Point (Shamardal) with a 39th individual winner when breaking his maiden at the fifth attempt in a handicap over six furlongs at Redcar. Indivar is closely related to the Listed-placed winner Loch Lundie (Shamardal), being the fourth foal... Read More
When a negative becomes a positive
Despite the arrival of daylight saving time, our New Zealand winter refuses to let go and neither does the rain which caused both Saturday’s Hastings features to be affected, making quite a contrast to the lovely spring conditions for the club’s first day, three weeks earlier. Presented with a Heavy 8 surface, hot favourite Tokyo... Read More
Backers pushing for Thailand to become new international racing hub
Greenfield site in Bangkok secured with view of building large racing and training centre Thailand is being touted as the new Asian racing hub capable of replacing the doomed Singapore industry with plans to build a racecourse on a greenfield site in the country’s capital with the capacity for up to 1,500 horses. Influential Singaporean... Read More
Lui and Purton combine with Stoltz to land National Day Cup
Francis Lui accelerated a blistering start to the season with a Sha Tin treble crowned by Stoltz’s (More Than Ready) courageous victory in the National Day Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1000m) to extend his lead at the top of the Hong Kong trainers’ championship yesterday. Stoltz was the third leg of Lui’s three-timer after earlier... Read More
Randwick double makes more history for female jockeys
Saturday’s Randwick feature meeting provided another milestone for the achievements of female jockeys in Australia. By The Numbers looks at how their success in Group 1 races has grown over the past 20 years. When Rachel King willed favourite Just Fine (Sea The Stars) home in Saturday’s Metropolitan (Gr 1, 2400m), it not only represented... Read More
Preis der Diana heroine Muskoka lights up Arc Sale
Group 1 winner Muskoka (Sea The Moon) was the headline act of Saturday’s Arqana Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud after she was purchased by BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe on behalf of Yuesheng Zhang for €1.3 million (approx. AU$2.1 million). A winner of the Preis der Diana (Gr 1, 2200m), Muskoka failed to make her presence felt... Read More