Libiamo (AUS)
2 f Written Tycoon – Fine Bubbles by Casino Prince O: Neville Begg and Partners B: Sun Bloodstock T: Grahame Begg S: Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale V: Sun Stud P: Grahame Begg Racing, $170,000 W: Neds Handicap (1100m), Caulfield, Saturday, July 10 Written Tycoon (Iglesia) will be crowned champion sire come the imminent... Read More
Vincent Ho wins Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading home-grown jockey
Vincent Ho has crowned a glorious season by claiming his third consecutive Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey, clinching overall honours with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Already the jurisdiction’s leading Group 1 rider in 2020/21 with five successes at elite level – four on Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro)... Read More
Racing NSW snaps up Fudge’s Bong Bong Farm as part of training strategy
State-of-the-art Waratah Thoroughbreds property sold to state’s industry regulator in emotional sale for owners Paul Fudge’s state-of-the-art NSW Southern Highlands equine property Bong Bong Farm, home to his Waratah Thoroughbreds enterprise, has been sold to the governing body of the state’s racing industry. An offer tabled by Racing NSW, one of five parties which made... Read More
The best first season sire crop ever?
Freshman-sired winners of the Golden Slipper, Champagne Stakes, Blue Diamond and lucrative sales races suggest this may be the most successful class of maiden stallions Just how good is the current crop of first season stallions, a group responsible for a Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), Blue Diamond (Gr 1, 1200m) and Champagne Stakes (Gr... Read More
Serious business as Hong Kong champion Fownes looks ahead
Caspar Fownes will arrive at Happy Valley for the final meeting of the Hong Kong season today as the city’s freshly-crowned champion trainer, knowing that his triumph owes as much to his wife Alix’s ambition for him as it does to his own merits as a horseman. “My wife is the reason I’m successful,” Fownes... Read More
New dawn for Rowsthorns and Morningside after parting with stallion operation
End of an era at Woodside but family pledges to continue commercial breeding operation The Rowsthorn name will not be lost to the Australian thoroughbred industry – far from it. That’s the message from Will Rowsthorn, the third generation breeder, after his family sold off Woodside Park Stud, the business founded by his grandfather Peter... Read More