Lee looking off the Grid with Inglis Digital import
A shipment of Australian horses into Hong Kong yesterday involved Group 1 winners, expensive purchases and bluebloods but perhaps the most fascinating of all was a horse whose origin could not have been further away from the land down under. Grid (Siyouni) – conceived in France, foaled in England, initially trained in Ireland and... Read More
Boogie Dancer
While most of Australia shivers through week 52 of the only season that matters, there is at least something that’s hot at the moment. His name is Sooboog. The son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) is approaching his sixth spring at Kitchwin Hills, where he’s had a fee drop from $13,200 (all fees inc GST) to... Read More
Bourne hoping Lightning strikes in Adelaide
David “Butch” Bourne’s dilligence more than two years ago, along with an ounce of good fortune, has paved the way for the Seymour-based trainer to chase the fifth stakes win of his nearly four-decade racing career. Ojosan, a $50,000 filly purchased by Bourne for owner Mike Howard at the 2020 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale,... Read More
Might the three-year-olds not be up to it?
England’s 2022 Classic staying form seemingly looks highly suspect, after the abject failures of Westover and Emily Upjohn behind Pyledriver and all comers in last Saturday’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Alas the mettle of this season’s Classic three-year-olds will not be seriously further tested, in the untimely absence of Coroebus, with tonight’s... Read More
Victoria seeks to protect program with $1 million bonus incentives
Racing Victoria has offered up to $5 million in bonuses for its feature races in a bid to lure high-profile horses to its spring carnival, amid the prize-money increases and new races in New South Wales. The bonuses are applied in a series of $1 million offerings attached to five races, with the incentives paid... Read More
McDonald gets feel for Snitzel colt in late-season Randwick barrier trial
The new owners of talented rising three-year-old Best Of Bordeaux (Snitzel), potentially the best colt of his generation, got to see a glimpse of their high-profile purchase, with a low-key barrier trial in Sydney yesterday. With James McDonald in the saddle for the first time, and wearing Coolmore’s synonymous blue silks, noted on-pacer Best Of... Read More