Road To Paris leads to Derby Gold
The name Roger James is synonymous with the New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) and the Cambridge conditioner has done it once again when he and training partner Roger Wellwood produced the quinella in this year’s Classic with Road To Paris (Circus Maximus) and Autumn Glory (Ocean Park). James had won the feature three-year-old staying... Read More
Legarto boosts prospects ahead of Magic Millions date
In what could be her swansong in New Zealand before she is offered at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Broodmare Sale, class mare Legarto (Proisir) put in her best performance at Ellerslie when she stormed home to collar a game Waitak (Proisir) and claim the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) on Saturday. It... Read More
Well Written remains unbeaten with hard fought Kiwi win
It may have been a lot closer than anticipated, but Well Written’s (Written Tycoon) victory in Saturday’s $4 million NZB Kiwi (Listed, 1500m) was one for the books. The unbeaten Group 1-winning filly was installed a hot favourite in the southern hemisphere’s richest three-year-old race, jumping a money back favourite in the Champions Day feature... Read More
Grinzinger Heart turns tables in VRC Sires’ Produce
The Ben Brisbourne-trained filly Grinzinger Heart (Toronado) turned the form of her debut fourth in the Talindert Stakes (Listed, 1100m) around when producing a determined front-running performance in Saturday’s VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Flemington. Ridden by Craig Williams, the daughter of Toronado (High Chaparral) jumped well from barrier four and rolled... Read More
Medicinal just what the doctor ordered in the Ottawa
Godolphin’s promising filly Medicinal (Brazen Beau) was another juvenile to confirm her elite-level potential with a stylish victory in Saturday’s Ottawa Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Flemington. Trained by Ben, Will and JD Hayes, the daughter of Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) entered the race off the back of a dominant maiden win at Ballarat... Read More
Chayan surges into Slipper frame with Reisling Stakes win
Annabel Archibald and Rob Archibald received a timely vote of confidence from champion jockey James McDonald after Chayan’s luckless seventh place in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and the filly repaid that faith with a dominant victory in Saturday’s Reisling Stakes at Randwick. Soon after her unplaced effort in the Melbourne juvenile feature,... Read More