Ryan keen to find a diamond in the rough at Classic as he mixes training and trading
Blake Ryan wants to make it as a trainer and, ten months after launching his fledgling stable at Hawkesbury, the son of Group 1-winning horseman Gerald was pounding the pavement at Riverside Stables yesterday inspecting Inglis Classic yearlings he hopes could become his flag bearers. While the Wallers, Waterhouses, Cummings’ and his father were at... Read More
Cythera a tribute to Highgrove’s Secret
Cythera’s impressive debut win in yesterday’s Lonhro Plate (Listed, 1000m) at Randwick was another feather in the cap for Highgrove Stud breeder Ron Gilbert, if perhaps tinged with sadness. Team Snowden’s two-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) extended an ultra-impressive record for the American-bred mare Gilbert bought from Keeneland in 2012, Helena’s Secret... Read More
Xtravagant’s new star delights Newhaven’s Kelly
Newhaven Park’s John Kelly couldn’t hide his delight – and no small amount of relief – after Xtravagant Star affirmed his faith in the stud’s stallion Xtravagant by taking yesterday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium. Xtravagant, raced by New Zealand’s Te Akau operation, retired to stud at Newhaven in 2017 on the back of two Group... Read More
Xtravagant filly plays starring role in Inglis Millennium
Tony McEvoy creates history as Seymour Bloodstock-bred and owned two-year-old takes the $2 million feature at Randwick During his racing days, Xtravagant (Pentire) was affectionately nicknamed “sex on hooves” – a reference to his Calvin Klein model looks as well as his excitable pre-race nature – but perhaps the Newhaven Park stallion went some way... Read More
New Hampshire
Trainer: Michael Moroney Race: Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m), Caulfield New Hampshire (I Am Invincible) will be out to prove his Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) credentials when he takes on the Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield today. The Michael Moroney-trained colt has yet to be seen on the racetrack in either... Read More
Osborne’s Mane journey
Everyone told Neil Osborne he was mad when he bought Mane Lodge for $400,000 around 40 years ago. It was the early-80s – a time of big hair, synthesisers and shoulder pads, and some pretty grotesque interest rates as well. For Osborne to make it he’d have to abide with not just stallions and mares... Read More