Poetic Champion (NZ)
2 g Super Seth – Regally Blonde by Royal Academy O: Gsa Bloodstock Pty Ltd B: Gsa Bloodstock Pty Ltd T: Tony Pike W: M J Concept & Construction Ltd Maiden, 950m, October 7, Hawera Waikato Stud’s first-season sire Super Seth (Dundeel) was handed his first individual winner when Poetic Champion made a hugely promising... Read More
Willie Leung calls for increased diversity in Hong Kong racing
Prominent agent Willie Leung has called for more diversity in the Hong Kong trainers and jockeys’ roster, a move which would provide more choice for owners and lessen the stranglehold at the top of the respective premierships. The Magus Equine principal, who acted for five Hong Kong trainers at Tuesday’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale, also urged... Read More
Climbing The Everest
Ahead of Saturday’s $20 million Randwick feature, we investigate the most successful sires, slotholders, trainers and jockeys in The Everest’s short history. One measure of the cut-through horse racing has had in the broader Australian public is the proliferation of pub trivia questions it has spawned over the years. When did Phar Lap win the... Read More
Boman and Neasham bag Zaaki’s half-brother at Tattersalls
Annabel Neasham and her longtime European-based bloodstock agent Stuart Boman unsurprisingly snapped up Zaaki’s (Leroidesanimaux) half-brother at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday, paying the Staffordstown consignment 100,000gns (approx. AU$201,800) for the son of Study Of Man (Deep Impact). Neasham and Boman teamed up to buy Zaaki, subsequent winner of four... Read More
Fletcher ready to Party at Eagle Farm if Veight can win the Guineas
Telemon Thoroughbreds owner’s belief in Grunt colt could pay off with Group 1 win Dan Fletcher will leave the confines of Telemon Thoroughbreds, his Queensland farm, for the first time in months tomorrow, but he won’t be venturing far. The studmaster will be in Brisbane to watch his homebred stakes-placed three-year-old Party For Two (Sidestep)... Read More
Mark Newnham lands first Hong Kong win with Happy Hero
Mark Newnham joined the ranks of Hong Kong’s winning trainers with Happy Hero’s (Pierro) success at Happy Valley last night – a triumph which took him by surprise. Newnham had hoped to post his first winner in the jurisdiction last Sunday at Sha Tin with either Mission Bravo (Smart Missile) and All Is Ready (Super... Read More