Danny Shum passes 700 Hong Kong-win milestone
Danny Shum celebrated his 700th Hong Kong winner in typically understated fashion when exciting talent Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) won the second section of the Class 4 Murrayfield Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. A protégé of Ivan Allan and famed by Little Bridge’s (Faltaat) win in the 2012 running of the King’s Stand... Read More
Count De Rupee
The beauty of yearling sales is they’re like the lolly display in the old corner shop: there’s something for everyone. Japanese sires have proven a little hard to market in Australia. And many buyers might eschew lightly-framed horses, or unraced dams. But those factors meant three big ticks for Rob Price at the Gold Coast... Read More
Sale of Sefton Park brings curtain down on Buchanan’s 20 years at the helm
After 20 years at the helm of Sefton Park, Colleen Buchanan is going on holiday. On Saturday, her beloved farm, situated just south of Scone off the New England Highway, was auctioned, marking a new stage in her distinguished career in thoroughbred racing and breeding. “First of all, I’m going to have a holiday!” Buchanan... Read More
Reward For Effort loses battle after complications from surgery
Dynamic’s Dean Watt yesterday paid tribute to 2009 Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Reward For Effort (Exceed And Excel), after the stallion was euthanised this week after suffering an irreparable injury following surgery for an ongoing deep-seated foot abscess. The fifteen-year-old Victoria-based stallion, who has sired eight stakes winners from modest beginnings in... Read More
Williams celebrates big week after enjoying on-track and sale ring success
Agent relieved after much-hyped Fastnet Rock filly delivers on expectations for Te Akau The fact Andrew Williams was dealing with family when acting for the high-profile Te Akau Racing team of principal David Ellis and trainer Jamie Richards did not lessen the pressure the agent felt when he was charged with being the pair’s eyes... Read More
Golden Sixty needs a sterner test to enhance his international profile
Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia D’Oro) latest demolition of the best milers Hong Kong can scrape together has left the gelding’s trainer Francis Lui hoping that a serious challenger will enter the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s ‘racing bubble’ to take on his stable’s champion when he bids for a second Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) victory... Read More