Grant excited by spring riches on show at Randwick trials
Prominent Silverdale Farm principal shares in ownership of Stay Inside and intriguing former Hungarian trainee Nancho Currently locked down in Sydney due to restrictions in response to the outbreak of Covid-19, owner Steve Grant had plenty to keep him entertained during yesterday’s much anticipated Randwick barrier trials, sharing in the ownership of three key horses... Read More
Two for Alpine Eagle
New First Season Sire winners Alpine Eagle Armidale Stud stallion Alpine Eagle (High Chaparral) brought up a second individual first-crop winner when Verbano (2 f ex Euston Road by Time Thief) won the 2YO Handicap (1100m) at Hobart on Sunday. Sent off the least fancied of the three Scott Brunton-trained runners, $21 chance Verbano defeated... Read More
Pakistan II – the life changer
By any measure, Pakistan II (Palestine) stands among the most successful stallions in New Zealand breeding history. The one measure that sorts the men from the boys is the stakes-winners-to-runners ratio and Pakistan II sired 43 from 326 runners, or 13.2 per cent. Compare that to the country’s current champion sire Savabeel (Zabeel) whose 115... Read More
Derby Glory for Mok’s Online Bargain
When bargain hunting owner Mr. Mok Shing Fung was perusing the May 2020 Inglis Online Sale Catalogue, a victory in the Macau Derby (Local Gr 1, 1800m) would have not been foremost in his mind. Mok settled on Lot 67, a three-year-old brown gelding named Olympic, by Medaglia d’Oro (El Prado) out of the Street... Read More
Asia success adding to stellar domestic season for All Too Hard
Hard Too Think’s Singapore Derby win is the latest triumph for Vinery Stud’s blueblood stallion A Group 1-winning Hong Kong sprinter and a Singapore Derby (Local Gr 1, 1800m) winner have spearheaded success for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard (Casino Prince) in the lucrative Asian jurisdictions over the last six months, success that is fueling... Read More
Sansom stands tall in Bletchingly comeback
Stokes reveals Group 1 ambitions with talented sprinter after first-up Group 3 win Almost four months ago, there was a small clue given by trainer Phillip Stokes that the best was still ahead of Sansom (Charm Spirit), who at the time had one stakes win to his name, the Chatham Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) during... Read More