“I am sure there’s plenty of studs looking at him and why wouldn’t they be?”
Global competition for Justify’s unbeaten Storm Boy set to intensify Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) winner Storm Boy, the unbeaten son of global sire sensation Justify (Scat Daddy), could command international interest from stud farms as well as fierce competition from Australia’s stallion operations. The Sydney autumn two-year-old triple crown is on the cards... Read More
Colt by ‘statistical outlier’ Extreme Choice makes $1.4 million at Magics
Son of Newgate Farm’s star stallion headlines final day of Book 1 on the Gold Coast A $1.4 million colt by Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) proved too irresistible for big-time international investor Yulong as the curtain came down on Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale last night. The start... Read More
Justify’s Storm Boy produces a Classic performance on the Coast
Storm Boy (Justify) continued his sire’s ballistic start in the breeding barn, when he stamped himself as a colt of exceptional quality and brought Gai Waterhouse a record fifth Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) victory with one of the most dominant wins in the race’s history yesterday. And bookmakers also rate him as a... Read More
Fallon underlines Four-Year-Old Classic Series hopes with brilliant Sha Tin win
Virtually unheralded until last month, Fallon (Galileo Gold) swept into Four-Year-Old Classic Series calculations with a stunning win in the Class 3 Tin Shui Wai Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin yesterday as Pierre Ng extended a growing domination with a treble. Third-last as the field turned into the straight, Fallon unleashed a now familiar surge... Read More
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