Spring campaign being mapped out for Tatt’s Tiara-bound filly Odeum
Lucrative Golden Eagle proving hard to ignore for connections of talented rising four-year-olds The $7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) is firmly on the radar of Group 1-winning filly Odeum (Written Tycoon) but not before she attempts to take out a second race at the highest level this season, taking on the older mares to bring... Read More
Size closes gap on Fownes as trainers’ championship battle narrows
The battle for the 2020/21 Hong Kong trainers’ championship appears destined for a cliffhanger finish after John Size ended an unlikely run of outs to move within two wins of leader Caspar Fownes after preparing a double at Sha Tin yesterday. Trailing Fownes 65-69 before proceedings began, the 11-time champion handler’s effort to triumph with... Read More
Tofane justifies connections’ call to hold on to her with Stradbroke win
Ocean Park mare adds second Group 1 to CV, now Cox Plate a possibility for the Mick Moroney-trained five-year-old Jockey Craig Williams’ determination to gain the ride on Group 1-winning mare Tofane (Ocean Park) was rewarded when the valuable mare won the Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m), her second victory at the highest level and... Read More
Strong N Smart heading towards 3YO Sprint
Three weeks after getting off the mark with a nose-win in a novice race over the same trip, the vastly-improved Strong N Smart (Per Incanto) went back-to-back with a commanding win in yesterday’s Class 4 race over 1200 metres and in the process put himself in the reckoning for the Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint (Listed, 1200m). Benefitting... Read More
Argentia (AUS)
Argentia (AUS) 2 f Frankel – Princess Coup by Encosta De Lago O: Fairway Thoroughbreds (Mgr: J Camilleri) T: Anthony and Sam Freedman S: 2020 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale V: Evergreen Stud Farm P: James Harron Bloodstock, $670,000 W: Phillip Jacobsen 2YO Handicap, 1100m, June 5, Flemington If you read Trevor Marshallsea’s excellent pedigree column... Read More
Beast from the East set to create deep impact in southern hemisphere
Maurice answering more than the Danehill call for Arrowfield Stud as Port Louis and Invinsible Tears bid for first Group 1 In 2013, Galileo’s (Sadler’s Wells) dominance in Europe, both on the track and subsequently in the broodmare band, prompted Coolmore to look East to the rising sun of Japan to source an outcross stallion... Read More