Extreme Flight
There are such ballistic stats going on in the parentage of Extreme Flight, you can almost hear them crackling. Just as you could imagine hearing those parents swapping boasts, like a couple of boxers at a pre-fight weigh-in. In the red corner, with gold stars, there’s Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt). The sire who,... Read More
Zac Purton dominates Happy Valley with second quartet in four days
Zac Purton has forged to a double-figure lead over arch-rival Joao Moreira in the 2021/22 Hong Kong jockey’s championship after slotting a quartet at Happy Valley yesterday evening, crowning the display with victory aboard Harmony N Blessed (Magnus) in the Class 3 The LONGINES Cup Handicap (1000m). Leading Moreira by eight wins before the meeting,... Read More
Darley retires champion Palace Pier with eyes on shuttling south
Multiple Group 1 winner Palace Pier (Kingman) has been retired and will take up stud duties at Darley’s Dalham Hall base in Newmarket from 2022. Following yesterday’s announcement, the operation’s director of stallions, Sam Bullard, revealed there is a strong possibility the son of Kingman (Invincible Spirit) could shuttle to Darley Australia in the future. ... Read More
Cambridge Stud’s late stallion Tavistock to the fore on Geelong’s biggest day
Tralee Rose books Melbourne Cup start as Melody Belle’s half-brother Tutukaka displays his Derby credentials The loss of stallion Tavistock (Montjeu) as a source of talented middle-distance horses was once again accentuated at Geelong yesterday with the late Cambridge Stud sire producing a legitimate Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) contender in the form of Tralee... Read More
Wootton Bassett has the golden touch at Arqana’s October Yearling Sale
Coolmore’s shuttler Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) dominated proceedings on the opening day of the Arqana October Yearling Sale as he accounted for three lots who fetched in excess of €200,000 (approx. AU$312,200) from the first 50 through the ring. But that was just a taster of what was to come. Anthony Stroud secured all three, with... Read More
Hong Kong’s young guns misfired but Panfield boosted his prospects
It was a case of more questions than answers after the Group 2 action at Sha Tin on Sunday. Lucky Patch’s (El Roca) win in the Premier Bowl Handicap (Gr 2, 1200m) seemed to scotch the notion that the sprint division’s elite echelon is on the cusp of reinvigoration, while the stamina-laden stallion prospect Panfield... Read More