Stallion Watch
New first season sire winners Alpine Eagle Armidale Stud’s Alpine Eagle (High Chaparral) got off the mark with a first winner on Sunday, and did so in some style, as Alpine Wolf (2 g ex Copper Dancer by West Quest) cruised to a four-length win at Devonport. The Mark Ganderton-trained juvenile was making his debut... Read More
It’s Gold for Chin in the Guineas
Irish bred four-year-old City Gold (Outstrip) emerged as the Derby favorite after a sterling victory in Sunday’s Macau Guineas (Listed, 1500m), giving Stanley Chin his first local Group 1 victory as a trainer. Ridden by Masa Tanaka, City Gold travelled in a midfield position in the run before unleashing a powerful finishing burst over the... Read More
New Zealand’s Tofane the Queen of Queensland after Tiara success
Tiaras are for royalty and Tofane (Ocean Park), being the current Queen of Queensland, has every right to wear her prize after taking out Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m), the final Group 1 of the season. Another piece of headwear is the ‘Baggy Green’, the cloth cap worn by the Australian cricket team. Baggy... Read More
Listing of Jennifer Eccles reflects booming online thoroughbred sales market
New Zealand Oaks winner will be sold on Gavelhouse Plus platform next month as auction company ramps up trade The outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic just after the turn of the year in 2020 was met with uncertainty and pessimism in some quarters, yet throughout the yearling and breeding stock auctions this year the... Read More
Lillemor
It’s taken more than seven years but trainer John O’Shea is at last savouring some lucrative rewards from Hallowed Crown (Street Sense). O’Shea trained the Gooree Park homebred as an early two-year-old with some promise, but was forced to give him up before he’d raced in early 2014 when O’Shea became Godolphin’s Australian trainer. Bart... Read More
Atishu could be best yet for major New Zealand syndicator Go Racing
Talented Chris Waller-trained three-year-old daughter of Savabeel crosses the Tasman to join Rosehill team For more than 20 years the Go Racing colours have been associated with the Chris Waller stable and their representation has never been stronger in terms of quality with highly–talented filly Atishu (Savabeel) the latest of their horses crossing the Tasman... Read More