Prebble’s amazing spring success doesn’t yet rival Johnson’s 1966 feast
The Memsie, Makybe Diva, Turnbull and Might And Power Stakes, plus the Caulfield Cup, has seen Brett Prebble accumulate a remarkable spring Group 1 tally, but it doesn’t yet rival the deeds of Jim Johnson in 1966. Johnson, who died in February this year at 92, also won the first four of Prebble’s quintet plus... Read More
Carricks’ Crystalised Group 1 vision reaping rewards after more than a decade in the making
Noorilim Park to take chances in Manikato Stakes with three-year-old filly Crystal Bound, a product of their $1.3 million mare Eleven years ago Noorilim Park’s Peter Carrick had a rush of blood at the Inglis Easter sale in Sydney. The Victorian businessman kept sticking up his hand as a Rich Hill Stud-offered filly by Zabeel... Read More
Dalasan holds pride of place in Cox Plate field for studmaster Hayes
Multiple Group 1-placed entire an outside chance for Saturday’s stallion-making Moonee Valley feature Sam Hayes will feel a sense of pride when Dalasan (Dalakhani), a five-year-old entire bred, owned and trained in South Australia, lines up in Saturday’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m). The Cornerstone Stud principal may not have any direct attachment to the... Read More
Spring racing at its best
A spectacular runaway Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) and a heart-stopping Everest (1200m), captured the racing headlines this past Saturday. In the case of the Caulfield Cup, seeing is believing. Yet, even seeing how Incentivise (Shamus Award) sat wide from the outside barrier (18) around a tricky Caulfield track, went even wider rounding into the... Read More
Six for Almanzor
New winners Almanzor (pictured) – The Kevin Ryan-trained Franz (2 c ex Gemstone by Galileo) made a winning debut in a mile novice contest at Haydock on Friday to become the sixth individual winner for Cambridge Stud shuttler and first season sire Almanzor (Wootton Bassett). The juvenile won by half a length from the late-closing... Read More
Caulfield’s quiet did not diminish its loud tradition
Caulfield Cup day was crowdless and Randwick was rocking on Saturday. Like many, I watched the whole incredible day of racing unfold on television and the contrast in the ambience of the two race meetings was extreme. James McDonald and the hulking red sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) stirred thousands of Sydney siders, who were trackside... Read More