Moor and Bayliss confirm that opportunity is everything in racing
“You could throw the colours into the jockeys’ room and you wouldn’t care who picked them up.” That’s not a line you haven’t read before. Plenty of trainers have trotted it out on occasions but I cannot recall hearing it from a current jockey until Michael Walker said so on television last Sunday. Walker is,... Read More
The great New Zealand mare behind Lagardere winner Angel Bleu
Featuring an extravaganza of six Group 1s, France’s biggest day of racing last Sunday at Longchamp revealed a number of interesting pedigrees, one of which has a significant connection with New Zealand. Angel Bleu (Dark Angel), winner of the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Gr 1, 1400m) for three-year-olds, is the fifth northern hemisphere Group 1 winner... Read More
Sprinters are shaping up for a worthy Sha Tin showdown
Pixie Knight (Maurice) emerged as the new star on Japan’s sprinting block with an impressive performance in the Sprinters Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Nakayama on Sunday that could well see him pointed towards Sha Tin to shake-up the Hong Kong contingent on the second Sunday in December. Trainer Hidetaka Otanashi is believed to be... Read More
20 for Caravaggio
New winners Caravaggio (pictured) – Former Coolmore Stud shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) was handed his 20th individual winner when Agador (2 c ex Marunouchi by Peintre Celebre) made a winning debut over 2000 metres at Mont-de-Marsan on Tuesday. Caravaggio shuttled to Jerrys Plains for one season in 2018 and he now stands exclusively at Coolmore’s... Read More
‘Cranky’ is a positive
What better way to hail the surging stud career of your young stallion than to have your own colours aboard his first stakes winner? That is the case for Waikato Stud, their exciting Tivaci (High Chaparral) and his Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Never Been Kissed. Having her fourth start, the filly is owned... Read More
Australian buyers forecast to be out in force at Tattersalls
Marketing director Jimmy George believes exploits of flagbearers will lead to spike in demand at October Book 1 sale which begins today Tattersalls’ flagship October Yearling Sale is set to take prominence with Book 1 getting underway today. The auction arrives in the context of what, so far, has been a strong European yearling market,... Read More