Couch-bound Hayes left prancing after Cornerstone Stud stallion gets off the mark
Cornerstone Stud’s Sam Hayes was midway through a mandatory two weeks of isolation on his South Australian property when Belle Of Yorkes rattled down the Murray Bridge straight to score a breakthrough win on Saturday. The neck-margin maiden victory by the Jon O’Connor-trained Belle Of Yorkes, who is by Cornerstone Stud’s first crop shuttler Sir... Read More
Zoustar colt sets new Great Southern Sale benchmark as buyers crave quality
Fifteen weanlings reach six figures as Blue Gum’s ’Star fetches $360,000 on opening day of trade at Oaklands The decision by Blue Gum Farm’s Phil Campbell to chance his arm with a Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt at the Inglis Great Southern Sale paid off handsomely yesterday, with the opening session’s top lot setting a new... Read More
Mr Malek lands his first Group win in Stewards’ Cup
Ultra-smart sprinter-miler Mr Malek (Swiss Ace) was finally stripped of the tag of the best horse not to have won a Group race following his expected victory as the S$17 favourite in the S$150,000 Stewards’ Cup (Gr 2, 1600m) yesterday. Identified as Group race material from day one, the athletic son of Swiss Ace (Secret... Read More
Buyers and vendors do hard yards ahead of Inglis Great Southern Sale
Strong interest evident in build up to delayed two-day weanling and mare auction at Oaklands Junction July is usually seen as a period of rare downtime, if there is such a thing in the breeding industry, but instead hardened vendors and buyers were at Oaklands Junction gripped by a fierce wind chill factor yesterday in... Read More
Savabeel can top Australasian stakes winners charts with Celestial Fury
Busuttin and Young hoping to deliver a poignant 20th black type winner of season for stallion that kick-started career Entering the final stages of an enthralling 2020/21 season, the races to decide the leading stallions of the past 12 months have shaped up as close-run contests. Newgate’s first-season sire phenomena Extreme Choice (Not A Single... Read More
Matthew Poon’s rollercoaster day ends with Hong Kong Reunification Cup victory
Matthew Poon experienced racing’s highs and lows in rapid succession at Sha Tin yesterday, compensating for a weighing out mistake in an undercard race before savouring victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1800m) aboard Jimmy Ting’s Super Football (More Than Ready). Poon’s mount in the Class 5 World-Class Leadership 1200m Handicap,... Read More