Cheong not going down without a fight
Sio Cheong signaled a warning to Stanley Chin that the Trainers’ Championship is by no means over with a double on the weekend taking him within four winners of Chin, with the score now reading 41 to 37. With just six racedays remaining, Chin is still in a strong position and it will not be... Read More
El Roca on fire
One way to fire up broodmare owners, who have yet to finalise their matings, is to keep firing out winners. Westbury Stud’s El Roca (Fastnet Rock) is doing exactly that, with his progeny on Saturday capping a grand month. There were two stakes races to end the season, the Ryder Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Otaki... Read More
Te Akau’s big guns to step out at Ellerslie barrier trials
New Zealand thoroughbred empire Te Akau Racing is fresh off another dominant season in which the all-powerful tangerine won a quarter of all stakes races run in the country and more than ten per cent of all prize-money on offer in 2020-21. And the sheer depth of talent of the Matamata stable, which has 100... Read More
Covid-19 forces Hunter Valley stallion parades to go virtual again
The ever popular on-farm stallion parades scheduled to take place this month in the Hunter Valley have been forced to go virtual once again due to the widening impact of Covid-19 in NSW and the subsequent state government protocols that are now in place. The Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association (HTBA) confirmed the decision yesterday which... Read More
Rosemont agree deal for Frankel’s three-quarter brother Maximal
Victorian stud enters into partnership with Juddmonte to race son of Galileo in Australia as stallion prospect Rosemont Stud has partnered with Juddmonte Farms to secure a deal to race in Australia the high-class three-year-old colt Maximal (Galileo), a three-quarter brother to champion racehorse and stallion Frankel (Galileo). Speaking to ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday, Rosemont... Read More
‘Tis the foaling season
Observing plump, healthy thoroughbred broodmares in the paddock is mesmerising. They carry so much hope in their bellies. Will it be a colt or a filly? Could it be the nation’s next champion racehorse? Finally, after 11 wondrous months, a foal is born and the breeder’s dreams become a reality, with the young horse taking... Read More