19 for Caravaggio
New first season sire winners Caravaggio (pictured) – Gnat Alley (2 f ex Winter Snow by Raven’s Pass) became the 19th individual first-crop winner for former Coolmore shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) when she landed the six-furlong nursery at Redcar on Wednesday. Unplaced in her previous five starts, including four fourth-placed efforts, the Tim Easterby-trained filly... Read More
Classique Legend ready to scale Everest again
As veteran trainer Les Bridge led his grey sprinter through pitch black darkness up the hill to Sir Dapper Lodge after track work at Randwick last Tuesday morning, it dawned on him that he might be able to get the horse to climb Everest again. “I had galloped him and I could hardly hear him... Read More
Lunar Flare breaks through for stakes success
Daughter of Fiorente records career best performance in the RM Ansett Classic The Grahame Begg stable continued its rich vein of form yesterday with Lunar Flare (Fiorente) winning the RM Ansett Classic (Listed, 2400m) at Mornington. Under a masterful ride by Michael Dee, the six-year-old mare, who was sent off the $2.60 favourite, came from... Read More
Buddies surges to Celebration Cup success
Undaunted by an uninspiring form line, Tony Cruz was left to exult after enigmatic galloper Buddies (So You Think) thwarted the hopes of better credentialled rivals by claiming yesterday’s Celebration Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) at Sha Tin. Winless in nine starts since November last year, Buddies prevailed in Hong Kong’s first Group race of... Read More
Head Of State powers American Pharoah to first stakes winner
US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) struck for his first southern hemisphere-bred stakes winner yesterday, as the Coolmore raised and now owned Head Of State won the Gloaming Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m) at Rosehill, with the colt now assigned Group 1 targets and the Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) in sight. ... Read More
Group 1 knockout for Newgate as In The Congo wins Golden Rose
Two Group 1-winning stallion prospects created in the space of 24 hours, and it might not even be the best weekend Newgate Farm have experienced over the last 12 months. That’s how well the Henry Field-run stud is faring at the moment, as the Hunter Valley operation touched gold once more in ending the weekend... Read More