Storming Dragon, Wrote A New Page strike early in DBS x Manulife Million Challenge as Richards shines again
Jamie Richards’ stable stocks continued to rise at Happy Valley on Wednesday night after the New Zealand trainer slotted his second double in two meetings as Storming Dragon (Star Turn) claimed joint leadership of the HK$1.5 million (approx. AU$291,540) DBS x Manulife Million Challenge. Fresh from a brace at the season-opening fixture at Sha Tin... Read More
Apocalyptic (AUS)
3 f Extreme Choice – Shadow, by Medaglia d’Oro O: MyRacehorse No. 1, Etak Thoroughbreds, Mr W K Loughnan, Peake Racing, Mrs M C Fleming, Mrs J H Sinclair, Mr T R Wilkinson B: Etak Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd T: Michael Freedman S: 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Coolmore Stud P: MyRacehorse Pty... Read More
Written Tycoon eyes a red-letter day with magnificent seven
Despite his advancing years, Written Tycoon (Iglesia) has sprinted out of the blocks in the race to be crowned Australia’s leading three-year-old sire and Yulong’s general gets the chance to remind some young pretenders of his enduring talents with no fewer than seven of his three-year-old progeny contesting stakes races this Saturday. Written Tycoon was... Read More
Stallion shares to the fore in September (Early) Online Sale
Shares in leading young stallions Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) and Southport Tycoon (Written Tycoon) dominated bidding in the Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale, finishing as the two highest-priced lots as the sale closed on Wednesday. The Ole Kirk share topped the sale, selling to Eric Yeung for $600,000. The one per cent share result... Read More
Alpha Sofie
Dan Alford is in the food business, specifically a Melbourne factory that bakes treats like mudcakes, biscuits, jam tarts and snowballs. It can’t be a bad place to work. At the very least, it smells better than a stable. What the 68-year-old also likes to do is cook up pedigrees, and he has a particularly... Read More
‘You had to be buoyed by his last start’ – Raging Force set for another step up the ladder
Latecomer Raging Force (Cosmic Force) has had to play catch-up in striving to reach the top echelon of the nation’s young horses, but trainer Peter Snowden feels he can again show he belongs there in Saturday’s Run To The Rose (Gr 2, 1200m). The Darby Racing runner did show up early in one way, winning... Read More