‘He’s top class’ – rider Crosse relishing massive Marois test for State Of Rest
Shane Crosse believes Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) has the pace to prove a potent force when dropped back to a mile in Sunday’s Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr 1, 1600m), where top-notch three-year-olds Coroebus (Dubawi) and Maljoom (Caravaggio) could lie in wait. State Of Rest’s biggest victories have come... Read More
Eight-time champion Moore to return to Macau training ranks
Handler ends second stint in Australia with hope Asian jurisdiction can ‘get things going again’ Gary Moore has closed the door on his second Australian stint, one which netted him a Group 1 win courtesy of sprinter Takedown (Stratum), and he will soon return to Macau where he was an eight-time champion trainer to continue... Read More
25th anniversary of the new Best Bets brings back memories
Please forgive me the following indulgence but I must note that last Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the birth of my baby without acknowledgement, alas, from her current custodian. What a (tongue in cheek) affront. No, not any of my children – they’re much older than that – but of the first edition on... Read More
Wish List
We thoroughbred followers have two opportunities annually to start afresh, New Year’s Day and August 1, the horses’ birthday, and with the old season behind us Kiwi Chronicles has several hopes and wishes for the new season. From purely a breeding standpoint, let’s hope that the one-way traffic of our better-performed and better-bred fillies and... Read More
Seven for Saxon Warrior
New winners Saxon Warrior – Gan Teorainn (2 f ex Dance Troupe by Rainbow Quest) became the seventh individual winner for first-season sire Saxon Warrior (Deep Impact), when she built on the promise of her debut second to take out a fillies’ maiden over a mile at Naas. Trained by Jim Bolger, Gan Teorainn defeated... Read More
US beckons Australian Bloodstock’s German Group 1 winner Toskana Belle
Murrell and Lovett win third Preis der Diana in ten years with Andreas Wohler-trained daughter of Shamalgan Australian Bloodstock won its third Preis der Diana (Gr 1, 2200m) in a decade in Germany on Sunday, but don’t expect to see the victorious filly Toskana Belle (Shamalgan) venturing Down Under. The lightly raced three-year-old, now the... Read More