Bosma gearing up for big week ahead
Go Racing to have pair of contenders in Thorndon Mile before exciting Velocious goes gunning for Million glory Tomorrow’s Trentham meeting could prove to be a red-letter day for Albert Bosma and his Auckland-based syndicate Go Racing when they send out a pair of contenders in the feature Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) on the... Read More
Is there a chance that racing in Macau could be revived?
Is there a chance that racing in Macau, the world’s largest city of gamblers, could be revived once the privately owned Jockey Club is relieved of its licence on April 1? Racing in Singapore was dead in the water from the moment the government last year announced it would repossess the Kranji site and close... Read More
Fownes, Ho and Purton post Happy Valley doubles
Preparing to unleash quality stayer Straight Arron (Fastnet Rock) in the Stewards’ Cup (Gr 1, 1600m) at Sha Tin this Sunday, Caspar Fownes extended a strong season with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to underpin his reputation as the ‘King of The Valley’. Fownes’ brace lifted the four-time Hong Kong champion trainer... Read More
Too Darn Lizzie
It’s a wondrous thing, the people and the places racing and breeding can bring you into contact with. Rob Cummings, furniture importer and hobby farmer originally from Ringwood in eastern Melbourne, bought a mare and sold her daughter and now he’s one degree of separation from her buyer, Mr Phantom Of The Opera himself, Lord... Read More
All change at Scenic Lodge
Leading Western Australian farm set to conduct bumper dispersal sale as founder Smith retires A bumper selection of 80 thoroughbreds, from broodmares to yearlings and foals, will go under the hammer when West Australian breeding institution Scenic Lodge conducts a huge unreserved dispersal sale next month. The famed stud north of Perth – which claimed... Read More
Waterhouse and Bott duo land trials
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott enjoyed more trial success yesterday when a pair of unraced two-year-olds landed their respective heats at Warwick Farm. Their first win of the morning came courtesy of Russian Roulette (Russian Revolution), who made it two trial wins in a month when running out a comfortable scorer in a 796-metre heat... Read More