The medically enforced hiatus of two of Hong Kong’s leading riders may be a hammer blow early in the city’s racing season, but it has also opened up an opportunity for others to potentially emerge as championship contenders for the upcoming term and beyond. Four-time champion jockey Joao Moreira and Mauritian rider Karis Teetan, long... Read More

When Waikato Stud’s Pins mare Make A Wish gave birth to a Savabeel colt in 2017, it didn’t take long for the excitement to build. For Make A Wish – a dual winner whose dam and granddam were multiple stakes winners – it was her first colt after five straight fillies. It was her third... Read More

Almanzor singled out as maiden mating for Oaks heroine after selling for NZ$1.1 million New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Amarelinha will join the broodmare band of Cambridge Stud after Brendan and Jo Lindsay outlaid NZ$1.1 million through a Gavelhouse auction for the daughter of champion sire Savabeel (Zabeel), bringing an end to the... Read More

Francis Graffard yesterday launched a scathing attack on the French racing authorities after the trainer felt he was left with no choice but to rule star mare Verry Elleegant (Zed) out of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m). The 11-time Group 1 winner was switched to Graffard from Chris Waller earlier in... Read More

Francis Lui joined an elite cluster of Hong Kong trainers to saddle 800 winners or more after teaming with regular ally Vincent Ho and Seaweed Fortune (Tavistock) to reach the milestone at Happy Valley last night. Famed through his deeds with Hong Kong’s champion miler Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro), Lui was typically understated after Seaweed... Read More

Zoustar colt set to be saved for crack at the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield Group 1-winning Victorian trainer Shane Nichols is confident last-start maiden winner Sunzou (Zoustar) is the best colt he’s had through his Mornington stable for quite some time, but he is likely to resist the urge to test the three-year-old in... Read More