Parade ring eye-catcher Harmony Rose targeting Vinery Stud Stakes success
Darby’s last-minute yearling purchase set to pay off with possible Group 1 victory Leading Vinery Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) contender Harmony Rose had not even come onto syndicator Darby Racing’s radar when she was being led around and moments away from going under the hammer at the 2019 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale. By... Read More
Slipper victory caps rapid rise for Kingstar Farm
Cook overwhelmed as operation breed winner of Rosehill feature just five years after inception In the vast expanse of the Hunter Valley’s fertile soil, the area of land, three-quarters of the way up Dalswinton Road, just off the Golden Highway in Denman, was largely undeveloped in 2016, with just Amarina Farm a little further along... Read More
Barrier manners do the trick for Duke Wai in the Sha Tin feature
Paul O’Sullivan’s decision to embark on a remedial course in barrier manners for Duke Wai (Per Incanto) paid rich dividends when the reformed gelding landed yesterday’s Class 2 Hoi Ha Handicap (1200m). Frustrated by the five-year-old’s habit of botching starts, O’Sullivan requested permission to use a blindfold on the chestnut and, with the cooperation of... Read More
Slipper success for ambitious Field and Freedmans with Stay Inside
Exciting Extreme Choice colt stamps himself as a top-shelf performer with dominant win in delayed Group 1 Henry Field’s well-considered early gamble totalling tens of millions of dollars to corner this season’s best available two-year-old colts has been handsomely rewarded after Stay Inside (Extreme Choice) produced an electric performance to emphatically take out yesterday’s delayed... Read More
Mo’unga too good in delivering Neasham first Group 1 win
After an unlucky second in the Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) a fortnight earlier, Mo’unga (3 c Savabeel – Chandelier by O’Reilly) once again chartered a chequered path to the post through the Rosehill Guineas (Gr 1, 2000m) field, however he proved too good on this occasion, defeating Sky Lab, the first Australian-bred Group 1... Read More
Japanese stayer puts Wind back in his sails
Japanese stayer Wind Trail (Screen Hero) bounced back to winning ways in yesterday’s Kranji Stakes C (1800m) as he posted his first success since May 2019. Granted he was sparingly raced during last year’s Covid-19-affected season, but trainer Hideyuki Takaoka has kept the faith in the six-year-old despite the fact he had not been showing... Read More