Master Jamie
A little like his novelist namesake, colourful horse trainer Graeme Green has a penchant for turning something out of nothing. Some 35 years ago in his then home town, the country racing hub of Grafton, needing to supplement his income from a small string of gallopers, Green saw an opportunity no one had previously spied.... Read More
Sierra Sue sells for year-high digital price of $1.55 million
Pearce and Kheir snap up Busuttin and Young-trained dual Group 1 winner in online auction Victorian breeder Bill Pearce yesterday made his single biggest thoroughbred investment to date as he added to the depth his burgeoning Bromfield Park broodmare band by purchasing dual Group 1 winner Sierra Sue (Darci Brahma) for $1.55 million. Acting in... Read More
Griffiths and De Kock take patient approach with talented Frankel filly
Thousand Guineas and VRC Oaks on drawing board for training partnerships’ promising ’Baby Valuable filly Let’sbefrankbaby (Frankel), an illustration of co-trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock’s newfound global approach, is unlikely to be seen at Caulfield on Saturday but if things go to plan she will feature on Melbourne’s metropolitan racecourses in the new... Read More
Lim’s Kosciuszko rises from the unwanted to the heroic with Derby victory
Lim’s Kosciuszko (4 g Kermadec – Jacquetta by Keeper) achieved on Sunday what Tempest Morn (Thunder Gulch), Strasbourg (Umatilla), Braeloch (Prized), Tuesday Joy (Carnegie) and Deep Pockets (Lucky Owners) could not as comeback jockey Danny Beasley conquered a personal summit in taking his first ever Derby, producing a gem of a ride to land the... Read More
Per Incanto’s Hong Kong roll continues
Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto (Street Cry) has again staved off global competition to end another Hong Kong racing season as the most prolific source of individual winners and delivering the highest tally of wins. The Wairarapa-based stallion took that honour in 2021 with 17 winners of 30 races and successfully defended his title when... Read More
Seven for Almanzor
New winners Almanzor (pictured above) – Cambridge Stud first-season sire Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) sired his seventh individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when Islero (2 g ex Actressa by Denman) won the 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at Murtoa. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained gelding proved too strong at the finish, winning by a neck ahead of fellow... Read More