Asfoora crowned European Champion Sprinter
Henry Dwyer’s star mare Asfoora (Flying Artie) was crowned European Champion Sprinter at the Cartier awards in London on Wednesday. The seven-year-old daughter of Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) landed both the Nunthorpe Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) and Prix de l’Abbaye (Gr 1, 1000m) from five runs in Europe this season and has joined Starspangledbanner (Choisir)... Read More
Sheza Alibi
Talk about hitting your bullseyes. Four years ago, long-time Queensland hobby breeders Fred and Desley Monsour were looking for a stallion to cover their mare Sheza Gypsy, by the relatively obscure stallion Shaft and out of a fairly plain female family. Their trusted associate Verna Metcalfe went out on something of a tangent, and told... Read More
Palace Pier filly provides profit aplenty as bargain buy mare breeds €220,000 top lot
The Irish National Stud was rewarded for some savvy purchasing at last year’s mare sales when a Palace Pier (Kingman) filly out of the Juddmonte-bred Big Break (Dansili) brought €220,000 (approx. AU$392,830) from Paul McCartan, who signed at CBS Bloodstock, during day two of the Goffs November Foal Sale on Tuesday. Twelve months ago Big... Read More
King Of Light tipped to shine bright in the WA Guineas
Having previously been compared to a “surfer dude”, it is entirely fitting that King Of Light (Earthlight) is currently riding the crest of a wave as the unbeaten three-year-old heads into this Saturday’s WA Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) as the raging $1.75 favourite. The only Earthlight (Sharmadal) in trainer Dan Morton’s Ascot stable, King... Read More
‘It summed up what a special horse he is to us’ – Jimmy ensures Per Incanto’s star continues to rise
After a “pinch me I’m dreaming” spring carnival for the progeny of Per Incanto (Street Cry), culminating in more elite-level glory for Jimmysstar in the C.F. Orr Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), Little Avondale Stud’s proprietor Sam Williams is excited to showcase their resident stallion’s freshest crop of yearlings at the start of the new year... Read More
Hail storm
Volatile spring weather which included a sharp hail storm severely affected the final day of Riccarton’s annual Cups-Guineas carnival. People were scurrying for cover, slipping, sliding and falling due to the ice. This was unique for practically everyone in attendance. Remarkably, the show carried on. Centimetres deep hail fell between races four and five. Officials... Read More