Japan’s stars shine brightly on rich Riyadh raceday
It may have hosted the world’s richest race ever staged, but the shock victory of Emblem Road (4 h Quality Road – Venturini by Berardini) in yesterday’s Saudi Cup (Gr 1, 1800m), worth a cool US$10 million (approx. AUS$13.85m) to the winner, played second fiddle to the exploits of the Japanese raiders who completed a... Read More
Upsides to Katak ‘scare’ Le Grange
South African import Katak (Potala Palace) well and truly put behind the disappointment of his early Singapore showings with an emphatic win in yesterday’s Kranji Stakes A race over 1600 metres. The five-year-old entire was chalking up his second win at Kranji following his local breakthrough in a Class 2 event over 1400 metres five... Read More
Hinged a Worthy winner of Surround Stakes
Among what was widely considered to be one of the best first season sire crops in recent times, Clear Mountain Fairview resident Worthy Cause (Choisir) may not have hit the Golden Slipper-winning headlines of Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt), nor that of the four juvenile stakes winners of another first-crop stallion Capitalist (Written Tycoon)... Read More
Marabi new queen of sprint ranks
Marabi (I Am Invincible) stamped herself as the queen of Australia’s sprinting ranks yesterday, landing her first top-level race in the Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) and in doing so put herself firmly in the mix for the Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) at Flemington in two weeks. Only once since the race’s inception in... Read More
Blue again the colour on Diamond day for Freedmans
Godolphin-raced Daumier shows tenacity in spades to win Victoria’s premier juvenile race Over the years the Freedman Family have very much made the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) their own, and yesterday Anthony and Sam Freedman wrote their name into the record books once more when the Godolphin-raced Daumier (Epaulette) followed up Artorius’ (Flying... Read More
Diamond could be vindication for Rosemont’s decision to reshape breeding and racing business
Win, lose or draw for Rosemont Stud, the fact it is connected to three runners in Victoria’s premier juvenile race today, the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), is vindication enough that owner Nigel Austin and principal Anthony Mithen made the right call with its racing and breeding operation. Rosemont Stud bred and co-owns exciting... Read More