A towering influence boasting an intuition that comes with time and experience
It was as a 16-year-old while visiting her father’s Classic winners Big Game (Bahram) and Sun Chariot (Hyperion) at Fred Darling’s Beckhampton yard that Queen Elizabeth II became enthralled with the thoroughbred. Allowed to stroke the King’s Epsom Derby (1m 4f) colt Big Game, it has become part of history how the young princess was... Read More
Racing mourns death of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96
Industry remembers the longest-serving monarch and passionate thoroughbred supporter Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-reigning monarch and the world’s most recognised, respected and revered supporter of horseracing, died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Her Majesty will be mourned across all parts of the globe, not least by those who have shared her love of... Read More
Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-reigning monarch and the world’s most recognised, respected and revered supporter of horseracing, has died aged 96. Her Majesty will be mourned across all parts of the globe, not least by those who have shared her love of racing, the sport for which she was a figurehead throughout an... Read More
Bonheur (AUS)
Bonheur (AUS) 3 f I Am Invincible – Bonaria by Redoute’s Choice O: R M Anderson, Mrs P Anderson, D P Juratowitch, Mrs S H Juratowitch, G C Daniels, Busuttin Racing (Mgr: T L Busuttin) & Widden Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A W Thompson) B: Widden Stud T: Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young S: Magic... Read More
‘We never doubted her ability’ – Espiona embarks on path to Group 1
Extreme Choice mare spearheads Star Thoroughbreds-owned trio chasing big-race success at Rosehill tomorrow Connections behind Espiona (Extreme Choice) never lost faith in the ability of their filly, who burst onto the scene with a rating-busting performance in a Listed contest at Flemington in November last year. But there was an overwhelming sense of relief, after... Read More
North Star Lass
Empires rise and empires fall. But in breeding, only some do the latter. As most of us know, thoroughbreds started with the importation to empire-building Britain, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, of the holy trinity of foundation sires: the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Arabian. By the mid-1980s, one... Read More