Daughter of Deep Impact attempts to hand her late super sire a fifth Group 1 winner in Australia Glint Of Hope (Deep Impact) will be striving to provide more Japanese siring glory for the grandest of that country’s stallions and a last hurrah of sorts for the Raffles breeding arm in today’s Australasian Oaks (Gr... Read More

African Daisy (AUS) 3 f American Pharoah – Ciguaraya by Latent Heat O: Dynamic Syndications Racing, Mr S P Loane, Mr S B Troughton, Mrs A T Woollett, Mr P J Woollett, Mr D Robinson, Mr J Breslin, Mr W E Muller, Mr M R Annabel, Mr K E Phillips, Dr M G Purcell, B... Read More

Cambridge Stud’s son of Wootton Bassett continues to prove popular in the sale ring and sired Karaka Million winner Dynastic in first crop Cambridge Stud has rewarded exciting stallion Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) with an increase in service fee to $50,000 (all fees plus GST) as the New Zealand operation released its service fees yesterday.  The... Read More

You can say this much about the broodmare Peckish (Snitzel): she may be no oil painting and was excruciatingly slow, and she does have a shocking personality. Well, yes, but we can all wax sentimental about our horses now and again, especially the mares. Now, before you think we’ll pull that old gag about these... Read More

Banishing memories of December’s injuries, Lyle Hewitson exalted in the finest display of his Hong Kong career by posting a treble at Happy Valley yesterday evening, matching South African compatriot’s Douglas Whyte’s effort to snare a three-timer. Seriously injured in a fall in the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) on December 12, Hewitson’s persistence... Read More

Toronado’s (High Chaparral) stellar season on the track and in the sale ring has earned the Swettenham Stud figurehead a further increase in service fee to $88,000 (all fees inc GST) for the forthcoming breeding season as the leading Victorian operation announced their completed six-strong roster. The line up includes new shuttler Wooded (Wootton Bassett),... Read More