Back-to-back sire titles for I Am Invincible
Yarraman Park’s champion stallion betters first premiership with $24.4 million season Last year’s champion sires’ title was as much about the Mitchells and Yarraman Park as it was about their star stallion I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit). Twelve months on and in claiming back-to-back Australian general sires premierships, season 2022-2023 is I Am Invincible’s time... Read More
“Anamoe’s one of the most anticipated young sires to hit the stallion roster for a long time”
James Cummings will today complete his sixth full season as Godolphin Australia’s head trainer, a high-pressure but coveted role within thoroughbred racing on a global scale. Top-flight racing is what matters most to Cummings, Godolphin and the operation’s owner Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, which is why Australia has played an increasingly important role in the... Read More
Zac Lloyd, Angela Jones lead record-breaking apprentices
The statistics indicate that Australia’s apprentice riding ranks have rarely been as strong as they are right now. Zac Lloyd’s historic success in the very competitive race to become the champion Sydney apprentice for the 2022-23 racing season, puts him, statistically, alongside some of Australia’s most prominent riders. Only four apprentice jockeys since comprehensive records... Read More
Hukum rises above all in King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Owen Burrows’ stable flagbearer Hukum (6 h Sea The Stars – Aghareed by Kingmambo) answered all potential doubters in emphatic fashion yesterday as he bravely battled to deliver a historic success in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 4f) at Ascot. Having registered a breakthrough victory at flat racing’s top table... Read More
La Danseuse Rouge waltzes to victory in Lightning Stakes
Cliff Brown’s three-year-old opens her stakes account with Exploring scratched at the barrier on veterinary advice In the literal French translation that reads ‘The Red Dancer’, La Danseuse Rouge (Manhattan Rain) showed plenty of moves to etch her name on the illustrious roll of honour in yesterday’s Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m) at Morphettville. The final... Read More
Champion sire Proisir completes Rich Hill Stud’s unfinished business
After a series of near-misses for foundation stallion Pentire (Be My Guest), Rich Hill Stud has finally broken through and taken top honours with New Zealand’s new champion sire Proisir (Choisir). The 2022-23 season saw Savabeel’s (Zabeel) eight-year reign as champion Kiwi sire broken in spectacular style. Proisir sired 47 winners from 89 runners on... Read More