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

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) 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

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

Weather bombs and heavy rains mean that winter is well underway and racing is suddenly presented with deep tracks that mean your horse will need to be fit and tough to slog through the bog. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” is the old adage and Grangewilliam Stud’s Zed (Zabeel) had a... Read More

Vinery Stud will sell a group of four mares at this week’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale in a trade venture devised to increase the exposure of their young stallion Exceedance (Exceed And Excel).  All four mares are offered in foal to Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Exceedance and were purchased by Vinery... Read More