Zac Purton seals eighth jockeys’ championship, Ellis Wong rides first Hong Kong treble
With only 50 races remaining in the 2024/25 season, Zac Purton has secured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship with a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (28 June) to hold an unassailable 59-win lead over nearest rival Hugh Bowman. Purton, 42, struck aboard Gentlemen Legacy (Showtime), Copartner Fleet (Nicconi) and Fashion Legend (Deep Field)... Read More
Wootton Bassett’s Whirl gets her Group 1 in Pretty Polly
Whirl (3 f ex Salsa by Galileo) made up for her desperately close runner-up finish in the Epsom Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f) when she put in a brave display to win the Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f), becoming the 15th individual Group 1 winner for Coolmore’s star shuttler Wootton Bassett (Ifrraaj) in... Read More
Elamaz makes successful Australian bow
Elamaz (5 g Gleneagles – Emiyna by Maria’s Mon) got his Australian career off to the perfect start when he took out Saturday’s W J McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m) at Rosehill. In an impressive training performance from Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Elamaz was having his first start beyond 1600 metres on Saturday and his... Read More
Sherry lands maiden Group 1 as Tashi steals the show in Tatt’s Tiara
The final Group 1 of the 2024-25 season went the way of Tashi (Sebring) as the Peter Snowden-trained mare swept to victory in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm. The win provided jockey Tommy Sherry with his first Group 1, while it was also a first elite-level victory for the five-year-old daughter... Read More
The Boy’s no fluke!
Chris Waller’s exciting two-year-old colt Autumn Boy (The Autumn Sun) cemented his credentials for further stakes-level success with a dominant performance in the Tattersall’s Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The colt turned heads on debut at Canterbury on June 9 when he showed an electric turn of foot to run down stablemate... Read More
Floozie eyes a famous five in the Tatts Tiara
The recent rollcall of Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) winners is littered with elite racemares who have subsequently commanded extravagant fees as broodmares, and given her impeccable pedigree there is little doubt that Floozie’s (Zoustar) potential value would enter the stratospheric range if she could claim her first Group 1 victory in the 1400-metre event... Read More