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
I Am Invincible out to cap off wonderful season at Randwick
Yarraman Park’s stalwart stallion well-represented in last juvenile race in Sydney Australia’s sires’ tables have been settled for some time now but the last Saturday of the season arrives today with a handful of noteworthy events, quirks and points of interest. In Adelaide, the country’s final stakes race of 2022-23 – the Lightning Stakes (Listed,... Read More
Shaken
TRAINER: James Cummings RACE: ATC Thank You Trainers Handicap (1100m) Godolphin homebred Shaken (I Am Invincible) will take the step up to metropolitan grade today when she tackles the ATC Thank You Trainers Handicap (1100m) at Randwick. Having finished a hugely disappointing last of nine runners on her debut at Randwick-Kensington on February 3, the... Read More
St Lawrence
A handful of powerful names come into the background of burgeoning Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding St Lawrence (Redwood) – some famous and some infamous. For starters, though you won’t find this in his pedigree, the rising five-year-old shares his name not just with one of the world’s mightiest rivers, but with another star... Read More
Singo confirms he’s selling up
Larrikin owner and breeder John Singleton yesterday reaffirmed his shock decision to disperse the majority of his thoroughbreds and sell his prized Strawberry Hill Stud property at Mount White on the New South Wales Central Coast. Magic Millions will conduct the on-farm dispersal at Strawberry Hill Stud on August 29, the Tuesday after the Hunter... Read More