SUBLIME SIXTY
Local hero Vincent Ho capped off an unforgettable week with a dream success aboard Hong Kong legend Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) in yesterday’s Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at the Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) meeting at Sha Tin. In a performance for the ages, Hong Kong’s reigning champion racehorse defied not only a... Read More
Le Metayer puts his faith in Siyouni once again
With plenty of Australian activity at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale, buyers from the southern hemisphere made their presence felt during the first session of the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale yesterday with prominent agents Louis Le Metayer, Damon Gabbedy and William Johnson all securing mares on the first day of the Deauville sale. Astute Bloodstock’s... Read More
Desert Lightning triumphs in take two of TAB Classic
In a race thrown into disarray by a false start, quality four-year-old Desert Lightning (Pride Of Dubai) stood tall and claimed his first elite-level victory in yesterday’s TAB Classic (Gr 1, 1600m) at Trentham. The enduring story out of the $400,000 weight-for-age feature will be the auxiliary gates failing to open and the horses with... Read More
Straight-shooting Casey team score breakthrough Group 1 win
Daly homebred takes out time-honoured Northerly Stakes Winning owner-breeder Waly Daly’s immediate thought after Dom To Shoot (Shooting To Win) came out on top in a thrilling three-way finish to yesterday’s Northerly Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m) at Ascot was of his late brother, trainer George. In an emotion-charged finish to the final Group 1 for... Read More
NURSERY OF STARS
A host of exciting first-season sires are represented in the Inglis-backed Randwick race Tony McEvoy is confident promising colt Blue Stratum (Blue Point) can open his highly-rated sire’s Australian account while checking the golden starts of two other first-season stallions – Tassort (Brazen Beau) and Exceedance (Exceed And Excel) – in today’s Inglis Nursery (RL,... Read More
Pateman out to find his Group 1 Mojo
Western Australia’s premier sire Playing God (Blackfriars) has been an asset to the majority of Perth’s trainers and the emerging stable of Mitch Pateman is no exception. Jockey-turned-trainer Pateman will saddle up Mojo Rhythm, a five-year-old son of the Darling View stallion, in today’s Northerly Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), the last of WA’s three Group... Read More