Six for Churchill
New winners Caravaggio – Former shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) sired his fourth individual southern hemisphere winner when Palaggio (2 g ex Rocket Commander by Court Command) made a winning debut in a 1200-metre maiden on the Ballarat synthetic track. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, the newcomer finished four and a half lengths clear... Read More
Class of 2018
Following on from last week’s discussion on stallions with two racing crops, this week we look at those sires whose initial crop will turn three on August 1. The future appears to be in good hands, if the season just ending is any indication. Similar to the sires with two crops of racing age, those... Read More
Vieira backs his star Trapeze Artist with owners in running for share of $2 million bonus
Exuberant owner and breeder Bert Vieira will put up $2 million of his own money, such is his unwavering belief in his four-time Group 1-winning stallion Trapeze Artist (Snitzel), as a lucrative bonus with the sire’s first crop of rising two-year-olds closing in on their racetrack debuts in the new racing season. The Sydney businessman,... Read More
MP Parton goes into bat for capital’s racing industry
Funding assured but politician campaigning to shore up Canberra’s thoroughbred industry Canberra may be the capital of Australia, but its thoroughbred racing industry is in danger of becoming a national backwater, if not wiped out all together, as the ACT’s Greens Party pushes for the withdrawal of government funding for the sport. The ACT government... Read More
Cousins Rogers and Blacker dreaming of bigger things with Skyphios
More than a week on from a breakthrough Flemington win by Skyphios (Fiorente) in the Byerley Handicap (1800m), a testament to owner-breeder Glenn Rogers’ unwavering belief in the lightly raced two-year-old, the Victorian farmer hopes the gelding can put Arrandale Stud on the map. Ballarat-based Rogers, in his early 40s, is an all-rounder and is... Read More
Magic Millions to build on ‘extraordinary’ results as entries open for yearling sales
Magic Millions’ managing director Barry Bowditch believes the stage has never been better across the spectrum of nationwide sales for vendors to consign their yearlings to go under the hammer next year. The Gold Coast-based auction house opened its entries yesterday for their 2023 sales series. The trading season will begin with the traditional curtain-raising... Read More