Eye infection rules out Darley champion Pinatubo from shuttle tour
Son of Shamardal sidelined from southern hemisphere stint days out from flight to Australia Champion European two-year-old Pinatubo (Shamardal), an unbeaten juvenile of six races who returned at three to win a third Group 1, will not shuttle to Australia this year after contracting a viral eye infection. Godolphin Australia yesterday made the shock announcement... Read More
Military Expert
2 c Redoute’s Choice – Gresset by Hussonet Trainer: Annabel Neasham Race: Elite Sand Soil Handicap (1200m), Rosehill Sale: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. V: Bhima Thoroughbreds. P: Zhiqiang An, $1,100,000 Expensive yearling Military Expert (Redoute’s Choice) will bid to turn the tables on King Of Sparta (I Am Invincible) when the pair... Read More
Breeders hit back at criticism of the Australian thoroughbred
Michael Kent Snr believes Australians are ‘doing ourselves a disservice’ Breeders have made an impassioned defence of the sector after criticism was levelled at stud farms which claimed they were only concerned about producing sales horses rather than racing stock, which was to the detriment of the nation’s thoroughbred industry. Victorian trainer Michael Kent Snr... Read More
Laurelin
2 f Lonhro – Yavanna by Redoute’s Choice O: Godolphin B: Godolphin T: James Cummings W: 2YO Fillies’ Maiden Plate (1100m), Randwick-Kensington, Wednesday, July 21 Laurelin (Lonhro), a sister to Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Kementari, looks one to watch next season after impressively landing the 1100-metre two-year-old fillies’ maiden at Kensington on Wednesday. ... Read More
Frankel all the rage for southern hemisphere breeders
The heir-apparent to Galileo attracting significant support from Down Under Frankel is wasting no time filling the shoes recently vacated by his super-sire, Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), with bookings to the Juddmonte stallion on southern hemisphere time filling fast, according to Shane Horan, nominations manager at Banstead Manor Stud, just outside Newmarket. “He’s been extremely popular... Read More
Gonnadancealot
When Gonnadancealot won the 1800m first race at Flemington last Saturday, it heralded the start of not just one but perhaps two exciting Australian careers – that of the two-year-old filly, and her sire Sir Prancealot. The Irish-bred 11-year-old is a stallion who, in a way, may have slipped through some cracks on his way... Read More