Paul Jarman was no stranger to causing an upset. He won his second Victoria Derby on Big Print, a 20-1 chance who – in 1979 – defied two champions in Kingston Town and Roy Higgins.  Big Print, appropriately by a stallion named My Friend Paul (Pretendre), won by a short head from the famed son... Read More

Luigi Muollo, principal of Novara Park, near Cambridge, has enjoyed several industry highlights over the last month or so and has maintained his presence with the announcement that his stud had acquired new stallion King Of Comedy (Kingman) for the upcoming breeding season. This news arrived off the back of Muollo being the subject of... Read More

With the first of Macau’s 4YO Classic races, the local Group 3 Derby Trial (1500m), set for Saturday, Macau’s youngest trainer Nick Moore is eagerly awaiting this morning’s gallops, when his Derby hopeful Circuit Miles (Fastnet Rock) will have his final hit out in preparation for Saturday’s contest on the road towards the SJM Derby... Read More

New first season sire winners Sooboog Kitchwin Hills Sooboog (Snitzel) continued his excellent start to life at stud as he landed a ninth individual winner, his second in three days, at Newcastle on Saturday. Victory looked unlikely for Bitcoin Baby (2 f ex Hard To Find by Elusive Quality), as she spotted the leader In... Read More

Changing face of Australian market on show as Arcadia Queen and Melody Belle headline day one Further proof of a market squeeze, spurred on by high-end weanlings realising yearling prices, could flow on to the breeding stock sales as buyers shut out of the foal segment seek race fillies or mares in foal in order... Read More

Unbeaten two-year-old and Group 2-winning three-year-old Peltzer (So You Think) has been retired to Twin Hills Stud in southern NSW for the 2021 breeding season. He will stand at a fee of $16,500 (inc GST). Trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, Peltzer was the winner of all three of his races as a juvenile... Read More