First Light’s Abounding outsmarts Magic Millions Guineas field
First Light Racing filly Abounding (Rich Enuff) produced her Woodside Park sire’s biggest payday with a popular local victory in yesterday’s drama-charged $3 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (RL, 1400m) at the Gold Coast. Ridden superbly by comeback jockey Martin Harley, Abounding settled midfield one off the fence from gate six of 16, before pushing... Read More
Lloyd Webber’s Lizzie filly too hot for rivals
Million dollar filly Too Darn Lizzie (Too Darn Hot) brought another major result for her surging shuttle stallion and a famed owner of both runner and sire – Andrew Lloyd Webber – with a courageous victory in yesterday’s Magic Millions The Debut 2YO Fillies Plate (1000m). Strongly backed into odds-on favouritism after a four-length win... Read More
Te Akau continue winning trend in Trentham feature
Te Akau Racing’s dominance of the Levin Classic (Gr 1, 1600m) continued at Trentham yesterday with Quintessa (Shamus Award) clinging on in an unforgettable finish. Those familiar tangerine colours have towered over the $500,000 three-year-old feature in recent times, collecting five wins since 2017, including the last three in a row. Former Te Akau trainer... Read More
Mercurial prevails in Telegraph
Sam Spratt teamed up with arguably New Zealand’s most improved racehorse to land a boilover victory in yesterday’s Telegraph Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Trentham – her third time triumphing in a meeting that once came close to claiming her life. Yesterday’s heroics aboard Mercurial (Burgundy) came some 21 years after Spratt suffered severe head... Read More
$1.3 million jewel for Walsh
As the owner of Group 1-winning mare Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni), Western Australian breeder Peter Walsh has enjoyed many racing and sale ring highs over the past year and he received another massive adrenaline rush yesterday. Through Segenhoe Stud, Walsh’s Amelia Park Racing and Breeding sold a son of Zoustar out of his Group 3 winner... Read More
America’s Hill ‘N’ Dale makes ‘significant’ $1.7 million investment at Magic Millions
I Am Invincible filly out of Madam Rouge sells in silence with one Book 1 session to go Antony Thompson believes the decision by leading US stud Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms to invest in the Australian yearling market for the first time will make industry figures from around the world sit up and take notice. ... Read More