Newgate Farm-based first–season sire Tassort (Brazen Beau) got his career off to the best possible start when his daughter Manaal (Tassort) produced an impressive display to win the Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Randwick. Making her debut following a third-placed effort in an 843-metre trial at Randwick-Kensington on September 18, the Michael Freedman-trained filly... Read More

Group 1 wins for Tropical Squall and Just Fine headline red-letter day for Tulloch Lodge Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott enjoyed an extraordinary afternoon at Randwick, saddling a quartet of stakes winners headlined by a brace of Group 1s, courtesy of Tropical Squall’s (Prized Icon) win in the Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and Just... Read More

3 f Frosted – Fartoo Flashy by Galileo O: Mr M H Wood, Mrs M E Wood, Mr C N Allen, Mr C Moore, Ms T L Arnott, Mrs K S Cowell, Mrs S T Gardiner, Mr D Gardiner, Mr J R M Conroy, Mr K Rice, Mr B D Rice, Mr M Sinclair, Mr... Read More

Last Sunday afternoon, this columnist received an unexpected email from a public relations firm with a statement on behalf of the Singapore Turf Club about the departure of Kranji’s champion trainer Michael Clements. Clements, fed up with the inaction of the Turf Club and carrying the weight of his peers on his shoulders with the... Read More

The perception is that Australia’s best young colts more than ever are being rushed off to stud, but do the statistics bear this out? By The Numbers investigates. Of the 17 new Australian-bred additions to Australian stallion rosters in 2023, just four were beginning their breeding careers at four years of age. It’s a number... Read More

Daughter of Flying Artie a chance to land elusive Group 1 at Moonee Valley for owner-breeders Noor Elaine Farm If speed machine Asfoora (Flying Artie), the in-form mare vying for a breakthrough success at the highest level in tonight’s AJ Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m), had been by Noor Elaine Stud’s then resident stallion Oamaru... Read More