Facile heads dual-pronged assault on Inglis Nursery for Trapeze Artist
Rosehill winner Disneck will also run for the Widden Stud stallion who is out to kick-start his first season Widden sire Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) has a strong dual chance of kick-starting his first season in one of the country’s major early two-year-old races in today’s Inglis Nursery (RL, 1000m) at Randwick, headed by the first... Read More
Invincible Caviar
Three deities of the Australian industry, famous for three different reasons, made their mark on Saturday: the former racetrack champion; the super sire, and the outstanding broodmare. To say former–champion is perhaps understating it: We’re dealing with probably the best sprinter of all time, once rated the best horse in the world. Yet Black Caviar’s... Read More
Mullaglass barracking for The Little Pumper in Nursery
McClenahan’s faith in Shalaa could pay off in Inglis’ $500,000 juvenile race at Randwick on Saturday Former shuttler Shalaa (Invincible Spirit) now calls Arrowfield Stud home on a permanent basis and Scone veterinarian Richard McClenahan is glad the European sprinter is here to stay. About to finish his sixth southern hemisphere stud season in the... Read More
From the Jericho to Happy Valley – give me a reason to go racing
Got a confession to make. Don’t go to the races much any more. The problem is, chiefly, that racing is a great television sport. That is something current and future racing’s administrators will have to grapple with. What’s the attraction or, indeed, the incentive to be on course? Especially now in Australia when, through the... Read More
Godolphin launches holiday internship programme to attract new workers
Paid initiative to target high school and tertiary students interested in entering industry The Australian arm of Godolphin, the world’s biggest employer in the thoroughbred racing and breeding industries, has launched an internship programme in an initiative it hopes can play a small role in overcoming the at times crippling staff shortages plaguing one of... Read More
The chase is on
Saturday’s Captain Cook Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner’s prize of $172,250 saw Savabeel (Zabeel) surge from fifth to second on this season’s premiership but the leader, Proisir (Choisir), who enjoyed an outstanding spring, has a $630,000 margin as the summer part of the season heats up. The riches of the Auckland, Wellington and Waikato carnivals... Read More