Balance restored
From a Kiwi perspective, the late Tavistock (Montjeu) has done much to invigorate the success of New Zealand breds among the staying three-year-olds in Australasia, with the stallion playing a major part in the bloodlines belonging to the final two Australian state Derby winners, in South Australia and Queensland, while New Zealand’s only Derby fell... Read More
Four for Impending
New winners Impending (pictured above) – The Paul Perry-trained Forecaster (2 c ex Street Storm by Stormy Atlantic) showed the benefit of a break when he scored a maiden victory over 1100 metres at Canterbury on Wednesday, providing Darley stallion Impending (Lonhro) with a fourth individual winner. Having the run of the race under William... Read More
So You Think out to silence Debate as Churchill seeks breakthrough
Coolmore Stud hopes today’s accidental Super Saturday at Eagle Farm can be a red letter occasion not just for Queensland racing, but for two of its key stallions chasing some surprising juvenile black type in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m). Shuttler Churchill (Galileo) has a chance for his first Australian stakes winner... Read More
Gold Standard to stand at Widden after Thompson reaches 11th hour deal
Widden has swooped on young stallion Gold Standard, a son of the stud’s late Golden Slipper-winning sire Sebring (More Than Ready), staving off competition from a number of rival farms, to ensure the Group 2 winner remains in Victoria. Already the sire of Western Australian stakes winner and Brisbane-placed first crop juvenile Sheeza Belter, the... Read More
Maximillius (AUS)
Maximillius (AUS) 2 c Written Tycoon – Scandiva by Fastnet Rock O: Dorrington Farm B: Robert Crabtree T: Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr W: David Coles AM Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Morphettville, May 21 A horse that is bred to be a future star earns Maiden of the Week status after taking a first... Read More
Extremely Lucky
Luck is extremely important quite often in the making of a thoroughbred, and veteran South Australian hobby breeder Brenton Parker has had his share of both kinds. In 2002, he and wife Liz bought a rising two-year-old out of a paddock who became Madame Flurry (Perugino). She wasn’t up to much on the track, winning... Read More