Acrobat bounces back from life-threatening illness with Coolmore Stud Stakes becoming focus
Exciting Fastnet Rock colt on way to Melbourne to start spring preparation with Maher and Eustace Acrobat (Fastnet Rock), a one-time Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite and this season’s forgotten juvenile, will be given the chance to make up for lost time as a three-year-old after winning a remarkable life-and-death battle with illness. ... Read More
Callan twist to HKJC announcement as Ferraris accepts hometown challenge
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s (HKJC) announcement on Monday that Luke Ferraris will be licensed to ride in Hong Kong next season is a welcome tonic for a stale jockey roster, but the fact that the bright young star of South African racing is the only new name speaks volumes. According to sources, a recent... Read More
Valuable mare Tofane could still be on the market
Winter carnival to determine whether daughter of Ocean Park races on next season Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) contender Tofane (Ocean Park), whose racetrack career was extended after connections gave up a gilt-edged opportunity to sell the valuable mare at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, could still be traded before this year’s breeding season.... Read More
Has The Derby – “The Derby” – lost its standing among the world’s great races?
In keeping with the spirit of mischief which was surely behind Peter Moody’s declaration that Australian trainers are better than their English and European counterparts, let’s have a crack at an ever holier grail. The Derby. The one run at Epsom Downs which apparently, like its golfing equivalent, needs no designation other than “The”. The... Read More
Eight for Astern
New first season sire winners Astern Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) landed individual winners seven and eight on Saturday as Somewatt Fabulous’ (2 f ex Megawatt by Shocking) success in the opening Benchmark 64 Handicap (1250m) at Morphettville preceded Danger Strykes’ (2 f ex She Is Stryking by Stryker) Castletown Stakes (Listed, 1200m) win in New Zealand,... Read More
Corrales a certainty for sixth Macau Champion Jockeys’ title
A winning double at the weekend looks to have secured a sixth Macau Champion Jockeys’ title for Luis Corrales. Corrales, who has been on fire in the past two months, has ridden 22 winners since April 3 and after Saturday has an unassailable lead with 53 winners, 14 ahead of Eric Cheung on 39, with... Read More