California Spangle on track for Group 1 Hong Kong Mile after Group 3 romp
Tony Cruz will cast California Spangle (Starspangledbanner) into a potential Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) showdown with Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) in December, after the exciting gelding resumed with emphatic victory in the Celebration Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday. With options to contest either the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1,... Read More
Alligator bays for Blood by downing Cox Plate hopefuls in Underwood
Rivals lick their wounds after Waterhouse and Bott’s gelding claims third Group 1 Adrian Bott didn’t lose faith in Alligator Blood’s middle–distance abilities, despite being run down in the Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and the co-trainer’s belief in the gelding was vindicated when the son of All Too Hard (Casino Prince) won the... Read More
Zoustar sires first northern hemisphere elite-level winner
The rapidly progressive Lezoo (2 f ex Roger Sez by Red Clubs) provided Widden Stud shuttler Zoustar (Northern Meteor) with a first elite-level winner in the northern hemisphere when coming out on top in the Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at Newmarket yesterday. Trained by Ralph Beckett and ridden by champion jockey elect William... Read More
Jacquinot soars to Rose win to continue appeal of Swettenham’s Rubick
Son of Rubick provides stallion with a first Group 1 winner as Victorian raider snares win with late run Sam Matthews has urged breeders not to miss out on a second chance to ‘punt’ the now Group 1-winning sire Rubick (Encosta De Lago) this breeding season, after the stallion’s son Jacquinot captured the Golden Rose... Read More
Portelli positive over Fireburn and Sejardan’s Golden Rose chances
Trainer looking to repeat now-three-year-olds’ last season heroics in Rosehill Classic Trainer Gary Portelli is confident Fireburn (Rebel Dane) and Sejardan (Sebring) can show there’s no hangover from their stellar first seasons, in the $1 million Golden Rose (Gr 1, 1400m) on yet another damp track at Rosehill today. The canny Warwick Farm conditioner’s mastery... Read More
Coolangatta lands pillar-to-post win in Moir Stakes as Maher and Eustace fillies dominate
Coolangatta (Written Tycoon) demonstrated that her juvenile talents were still very much prevalent with an all-the-way success in yesterday’s Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) under the Moonee Valley lights, defeating her Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stablemate, Bella Nipotina (Pride Of Dubai). It is almost a year to the day that Coolangatta burst onto the... Read More