Royal briefing – day two
30 for Frankel Mostahdaf (5 h ex Handassa by Dubawi) became the 30th individual Group 1 winner for Juddmonte Farms stallion Frankel (Galileo) when he stormed to an impressive success in yesterday’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) at Royal Ascot. The John and Thady Gosden-trained five-year-old was held up at the rear... Read More
IT entrepreneur Delzoppo aiming for Tiara jackpot with Electric Girl
$520,000 Chairman’s Sale purchase set for mating with Darley’s Anamoe Eleven years ago, Simon Delzoppo bought into Starcraft (Soviet Star) filly Dayeala. She wouldn’t reach any great heights on the racecourse, but she did enough to whet the racing and breeding appetite of the Australian IT entrepreneur. Fast forward to 2023, and Delzoppo and his... Read More
Chassis
Hunter Valley-based breeder Jo O’Gorman went to the Magic Millions broodmare sale last month and things didn’t go to plan. But so far, she’s certainly not complaining. O’Gorman, of the boutique Parsons Creek Farm in the lower Hunter best known for breeding Doomben 10,000 winner Mazu (Maurice), ventured to the Gold Coast hoping to sell... Read More
Mostahdaf shines as he shoots down the big guns in Prince of Wales’s romp
Having failed to fire on each of his previous three starts at the highest level, Mostahdaf (Frankel) had his day in the sun yesterday when he claimed a number of notable scalps in putting up an astonishing winning performance in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f). Lining up as one of the... Read More
Royal briefing – day one
29 for Frankel Triple Time (4 c ex Reem Three by Mark Of Esteem) became the 29th individual elite-level winner for Frankel (Galileo) when running out a shock winner of yesterday’s Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m). Sent off a 33-1 chance for his first start at the highest level, the Kevin Ryan-trained colt defeated... Read More
O’Brien makes history as Paddington storms to St James’s Palace success
The all-conquering Aidan O’Brien moved one ahead of Sir Michael Stoute as the winning-most trainer at Royal Ascot when the rapidly improving Paddington (Siyouni) produced a dominant effort to land yesterday’s St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m). With victory, the colt remains unbeaten in four starts this season, a triumphant run which includes the... Read More