Lor moves closer to championship
Clasping an imposing lead over John Size in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship, Frankie Lor refuses to believe the battle with his former mentor is over despite edging to a seven-win buffer after My Ecstatic’s (All Too Hard) authoritative victory at Happy Valley last night. Attempting to land the championship for the first time, Lor... Read More
Ireland of the South Pacific
As the current racing season begins to wind down, there are still more than 20 stakes races to be run in our two countries next month and Kiwi thoroughbreds in Australia continue to represent our industry with good results. A Group 3 win from ex-New Zealand trained London Banker (Tavistock) was Saturday’s headline act,... Read More
Third for Churchill
New winners Churchill – Churchill brought up his third individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when the Lindsey Smith-trained Lord Randolph (2 g ex Original Sin by Shinzig) won the Two-Year-Old Plate (1600m) at Pinjarra. Making his third start, Lord Randolph stepped up in distance to a mile and ran out a convincing length-and-a-quarter winner over Megami... Read More
Cavanough doing rain dance ahead of Winx Guineas
Forecast rain later this week at Caloundra will be music to the ears of Scone trainer Brett Cavanough, who is mulling over taking lightly raced three-year-old Sungblue (Your Song) to Queensland for Saturday’s Winx Guineas (Gr 3, 1600m). At first glance, it might appear an ambitious task for the last-start winner of the Highway Handicap... Read More
Arrowfield mourn death of stalwart stallion Not A Single Doubt
John Messara and Arrowfield Stud were yesterday mourning the loss of Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice), the ‘unassuming’ sire who rose from the periphery of the Australian stallion ranks to become one of the most formidable and sought after producers of elite-level winners in the country. A stallion who will be widely considered as... Read More
Vale Cobby the lead Pony – a guide to many of racing’s greats
At 27 years old, the big bay gelding wakes in a barn full of high-energy racehorses each morning. After his breakfast, he’s tacked up in his heavy work saddle and suddenly he feels less than half his age. With a spring in his step and not an ear pinned back or a tooth bared he... Read More