Champion Maher hoping to keep up the winning momentum
Premiership-winning trainer Ciaron Maher is hoping to carry his remarkable momentum into the new racing season and will kick off with a strong team of runners entered across the opening metropolitan meetings of 2025/26. Maher capped off a dominant 2024/25 season securing the Australian Trainers’ Premiership with 329.5 winners and a strike rate of 13.6... Read More
Nashville Jack (AUS)
2 c Farnan – Dixie Chick, by Star Witness O: Mulberry B: H & J Blight, NSW T: Brad Widdup S: 2024 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale V: Riversdale P: Brad Widdup Racing, $225,000 W: Keeneland September Yearling Sale Handicap. 1100m, Royal Randwick, July 26 Mulberry Racing-owned colt Nashville Jack (Farnan) returned with a bang on... Read More
‘It’s really the pinnacle’ – Zoustar crowned Australia’s champion sire
Widden Stud held an intimate party for their staff on Thursday night to celebrate its first general sires’ title in 32 years via Zoustar (Northern Meteor), and to raise a glass to the very strong prospect of at least a few more to come. Zoustar, Darley’s second- and third-season champion shuttlers Too Darn Hot (Dubawi)... Read More
Qirat produces history in Sussex Stakes
In an incredible upset to Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, the Ralph Beckett-trained Qirat became the highest-priced Group 1 winner in the UK in the 21st century when he ran out victorious at a price of 150-1. Ridden by Richard Kingscote, the four-year-old gelding — who had been supplemented to the contest for a... Read More
Bridal Waltz
Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Bridal Waltz (Snitzel) could fit the “one last good one” plea of her veteran breeder Des Pope, 89-and-three-quarters, of Melbourne. She also maintains a piece of breeding lore that had become as reliable as Melbourne rain up until the recent passing of her great sire. The Peter Moody and... Read More
Guscic’s She’s Quality set to tackle Asfoora in King George Stakes
There will be a distinct Australian presence in the King George Qatar Stakes (Gr 2, 5f) at Goodwood on Friday, with sprinting star Asfoora (Flying Artie) set to continue her UK campaign in a clash with some of Europe’s top speedsters. Trained by Henry Dwyer, Asfoora was impressive when finishing fifth, beaten just two lengths... Read More