King Of Sparta (AUS)
2 g I Am Invincible – Octavia by Holy Roman Emperor O: Newgate Bloodstock, China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd, Horse Ventures, Newgate S F, Go Bloodstock Australia, Starlight Racing, Glenlogan Park, Highgrove Stud, Nick Vass Bloodstock, Aston Bloodstock, Grant Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Carpe Diem, Mr H G Cope, Mrs M G Cope, Yarraman Park... Read More
Token Spirit
Many breeders see questionable benefit in delving back more than three or four generations in a pedigree, reasoning the influence of ancestors there begins to dilute. But one man is adamant that’s where things only start getting interesting. And we should probably listen, for he bred a three-state treble on the weekend. Oh, he’s also... Read More
Jerry Chau closes in on Vincent Ho in Tony Cruz Award battle
Jerry Chau’s quest for the Tony Cruz Award, the prize for Hong Kong’s most successful homegrown jockey in 2020/21, intensified with a treble at Happy Valley on yesterday evening – and a massive compliment from 13-time champion rider Douglas Whyte. Chau’s three-timer on Benno Yung’s Sure Win Win (Deep Field) in the second section of... Read More
Magic Millions Online July Sale topped by progressive Short Stories
The Magic Millions Online July Sale concluded yesterday and it was headlined by Short Stories (Shamus Award) who sold for $120,000 to Shawn Ricardo Bloodstock. Offered as Lot 4 by Clarken Racing, the progressive three-year-old was sold with an entry this weekend in the metropolitan meeting at Gawler. He broke his maiden two starts ago... Read More
Propelle to get heart pumping for Cranton Bloodstock’s Franklin
Sir John Monash Stakes test for Ellerton and Zahra’s Smart Missile mare chasing first black-type success at Caulfield If Propelle (Smart Missile) looms up in the home straight in Saturday’s Sir John Monash Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m), her first attempt at Group level, her co-owner Peter Franklin will soon know if his new-look ticker is... Read More
Zaaki and Incentivise – the real deal or fantasy?
The case for Queensland racing’s winter sensations Zaaki and Incentivise maintaining their dominance through springtime campaigns probably centres on the fact there is little evidence for the case against. Horses of this ilk, with a series of swashbuckling wins, have just not previously emerged from Brisbane’s mid-year carnival. Well, not in my memory, at least.... Read More