The Inferno’s Everest quest spreads some needed feelgood Singapore’s way

Singapore has a big Saturday in store. The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Listed, 1800m) is this weekend’s local highlight, drawing together the best the Lion City can muster, but 4,000 miles along a south-easterly flight path, Kranji’s most exciting galloper of recent times will step out for The Everest (1200m) at Randwick carrying the keen... Read More

Astern colt sets the pace on day one of NZB’s breeze-ups

A colt by young Darley stallion Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) has set the benchmark on day one of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale breeze-up session at Te Rapa. A total of 70 breeze-up heats were conducted on a Dead 6 surface yesterday with another session to be held today ahead of the November... Read More

Offers fly in for Spring Champion winner Profondo

Galletta sitting tight on stud deals for exciting lightly raced son of Deep Impact Ottavio Galletta has already received multiple calls from domestic and international stallion farms and thoroughbred investors about buying into his untapped Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m)-winning colt Profondo (Deep Impact), a horse he believes can become Australia’s best. The Sydney-based... Read More

The bottom line

A continuing theme of this weekly report is the strength of certain female families. In recent months, the famous “Belle” family has been discussed at length. This past month, Georgina Belle (Pakistan II), no connection to the Belle family, and her stakes-winning descendants have been impacting the industry weekly. Last week, highlighting a Group 1... Read More

20 for Churchill

New winners Churchill (pictured) – Coolmore shuttler Churchill (Galileo) moved on to the 20-winner mark when the progressive Blenheim Boy (2 c ex Abhasana by Hawk Wing) struck in a seven-furlong novice contest at York on Saturday. Racing for the third time, the Richard Fahey-trained colt edged out The Cookstown Cafu (Invincible Spirit) by a... Read More

Millard mulls overseas options with Silver Fig

Tony Millard is considering possible long-range international targets with Silver Fig (Hard Spun) after the talented grey laid waste to quality opposition in the Class 2 Tsuen Lok Handicap (1200m, dirt) at Sha Tin yesterday. On a programme remarkable for the way Sha Tin’s two courses – turf and dirt – played after 485.4mm of... Read More