Wauchope trainer Colt Prosser was lucky to save some of his racing and breeding stock yesterday as record high flood waters engulfed his property in the Mid-North Coast region of NSW. With a short break in the relentless rain, Prosser was able to access his farm and called on friends and staff to mount an... Read More

Remarkable sire son of Iffraaj, whose first crop included Champion Almanzor, to make Jerrys Plains home in 2021 Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), who defied his minnow start at stud in France to become one of Europe’s most sought after proven stallions, will shuttle to Australia later this year, less than 12 months after coming under the... Read More

The potential of Swettenham’s young shuttle stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) has been one of the worst kept secrets among the Australian stallion ranks. In fact you could hardly call it a secret at all. Yet entering the start of this Australian racing season, with his first crop about to turn four years of age, Toronado... Read More

Savabeel filly overcomes early trouble to become super sire’s 22nd Group 1 winner In any other year, the winning performance of Amarelinha (Savabeel) in the New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) would have been overshadowed by what transpired across the Tasman and, primarily, in the Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) in Sydney. But yesterday,... Read More

The back-in-form Sacred Croix (Savabeel) zigzagged his way from a seemingly untenable position to go and score a thriller in yesterday’s Kranji Stakes A race over 1600 metres. Touted as a Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) hope when he reeled off a four-in-a-row early in his local career in 2019, Sacred Croix hit lean times for... Read More

Fledgling trainer will saddle two runners at elite level on Golden Slipper card It’s fair to say that Annabel Neasham’s rise in the Australian training ranks during the past 12 months is unprecedented.  In living memory there’s been no trainer that springs to mind who has managed to saddle not one, but two Group 1... Read More