VRC Oaks plan for classy Zardozi
The James Cummings-trained Zardozi (Kingman) could be set for a tilt in the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) on November 9 after she registered her first win at stakes level in yesterday’s Edward Manifold Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) at Flemington. Having her first start beyond 1400 metres, the daughter of Juddmonte’s Kingman (Invincible Spirit) was... Read More
King’s Gambit enters Coolmore reckoning with Rosehill win
Despite King’s Gambit’s (I Am Invincible) scintillating display to win yesterday’s Roman Consul Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Rosehill, co-trainer Peter Snowden believes they still haven’t seen the best of the colt, who will now be aimed towards a Group 1 fixture later on in the season. King’s Gambit announced himself on the scene when... Read More
Trip produces golden display in Turnbull
Gold Trip (Outstrip), the brilliant winner of last year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m), showed he was on track for a defence of his crown in the Flemington showpiece when he routed his rivals with a breathtaking display to win yesterday’s Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m). Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, the Australian... Read More
Bodyguard awesome in Maribyrnong Trial
I Am Invincible colt hands Harron his second juvenile stakes winner in as many weeks James Harron couldn’t have wished for a better start to the season, as expensive colt Bodyguard (I Am Invincible) became the second juvenile stakes winner in as many weeks for the bloodstock agent’s powerful colts syndicate when he produced an... Read More
Shadwell swoop for 1.6 million guineas Frankel filly
Day three of Tattersalls October Yearling Book 1 burst into life late in the session when a daughter of Frankel (Galileo) and Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) winner Millisle (Starspangledbanner) brought a bid of 1,600,000gns (approx. AU$3,219,308). It was Angus Gold, standing by the partition opposite the rostrum, who pushed the price into seven... Read More
Harron hopeful for $1.6 million colt Bodyguard
Big-money buy among nine-strong field for Maribyrnong Trial Stakes James Harron’s top-priced buy of the year, a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) filly that Tony McEvoy hopes can be half as good as Sunlight; and a $50,000 bolter from the bush quoted at 200-1 in a nine-runner field, are among the juicier plotlines in Melbourne’s first two-year-old... Read More