Coolmore’s world champion St Mark’s Basilica to shuttle
World champion three-year-old St Mark’s Basilica, a five-time Group 1 winner by exceptional European sire Siyouni (Pivotal), will shuttle to Coolmore Australia in 2022, the latest top-flight stallion prospect to be brought Down Under by the global giant. The Magnier family’s international operation, which is also set to retire the dual Group 1-winning, Royal Ascot-bound... Read More
Vexed question of Russian horse among internationals at ever-expanding Middle East racing carnivals
There is a very good, if not freakishly good, horse who is likely to start among the favourites for the UAE Derby at the Dubai World Cup meeting this coming Saturday night. It’s Russian. Well, in fact and perhaps ironically, it’s an American horse who was sold for US$65,000 at Keeneland from the Gainesway Farm... Read More
First Light backing repeat with second crop of Russian Revolution
Colt by Newgate’s young stallion offered by Lyndhurst Stud tops Magic Millions March Yearling Sale at $230,000 The deeds of young stallion Russian Revolution (Snitzel) were at the forefront of buyers’ minds when a colt by the exciting Newgate Farm sire sold for $230,000 on the Gold Coast yesterday, the highest-priced horse sold at this... Read More
Cesniks toast Shelby Sixtysix’s remarkable Group 1 Galaxy victory
Mario and Jenni Cesnik were “on top of the world” on Saturday night, revelling the remarkable rags-to-riches Group 1 victory of Shelby Sixtysix (Toronado), the country gelding beaten in a bush Class 2 race just seven weeks prior to his stunning victory in The Galaxy (1100m) at the weekend. The Riverina Downs proprietors, who mix... Read More
Gollan stands tall as Spirit Of Boom dominates day one of Magic Millions March Yearling Sale
Colt by trainer’s Group 1-winning sprinter tops opening session at the Gold Coast at $180,000 Tony Gollan yesterday stuck solid with his Group 1-winning sprinter Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo) at the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast, taking home four horses by Queensland’s leading stallion including day one’s two highest-priced lots. In... Read More
Five for Heroic Valour
New winners Heroic Valour – Zipping Irish (2 f ex Eire Hostess by O’Reilly) provided his sire Heroic Valour (Fastnet Rock) with a fifth individual winner when he broke his maiden in the maiden plate (1050m) at Mackay on Tuesday. The Clinton Taylor-trained two-year-old filly was a comfortable two-and-a-half-length winner over She’s Winning (Winning Rupert)... Read More