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 (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

One Kiss (NZ) 3 f Tivaci – Discreet Evening by Discreet Cat O: JML Bloodstock Ltd (Mgr: Mr L Petagna) B: JML Bloodstock T: Mark Walker W: Canterbury Belle Stakes (Listed, 1200m), September 17, Riccarton One Kiss earned a shot at the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) when showing marked improvement to win... Read More

Handover of rich Victorian stud to Stenning and Dingwall partnership to take place in December Blue Gum Farm, Victoria’s longest-running family–owned thoroughbred stud, has been sold to burgeoning racing and breeding venture Trilogy by Philip and Patti Campbell after more than four decades of successfully running the Euroa property, the nursery of a host of... Read More

Buoyed by a Happy Valley double last night, Tony Cruz is eagerly anticipating the return of stable star California Spangle (Starspangledbanner) for a campaign-defining run in the Celebration Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Cruz was elated at Circuit Elite’s (Mastercraftsman) effort to land the Class 5 Tai Hang Handicap (1800m)... Read More

Freshman Hong Kong trainer Pierre Ng and new apprentice Angus Chung have both made a successful start to their tenures in the jurisdiction, recording winners within the first week of the new racing season in the city. Ng, a Hong Kong blueblood as the son of one of the city’s longest-serving trainers Peter Ng, had... Read More