Beauty’s award has origins in a century-old generation
The Hong Kong Jockey Club champion awards judging panel has decided to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) in recognition of his great contribution to Hong Kong racing. If ever such an award was warranted, this one was self-evident. Twice Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year, Beauty Generation was crowned... Read More
Four for American Pharoah
New first season sire winners American Pharoah (pictured) American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) had his fourth individual winner in Australia as a sire when Asteroidea (2 f ex Starfish by Redoute’s Choice) took the McDonalds Gippsland Maiden (1100m) at Sale on Friday. The Michael Moroney-trained filly returned the $2 favourite for her debut under Patrick... Read More
Melbourne businessman Hirsch buys Rowsthorn’s Woodside Park Stud
Stallion venture to complement United Petroleum founder’s Tylden training centre Mark Rowsthorn has sold Woodside Park Stud, the stallion farm which gave rise to this season’s soon-to-be crowned champion Australian sire Written Tycoon (Iglesia). Woodside Park Stud, based at Tylden, has been purchased by fellow Victorian breeder and racehorse owner Eddie Hirsch who is adding... Read More
Another win for Irish flyer Fasuba
Allen Tam’s Irish import Fasuba (Power) posted his 11th victory in Macau with another gutsy front-running performance in Friday night’s Class 1 & 2 (1st Division) (1510m) on the all-weather surface under French rider J B Hamel. Fasuba, while not big in stature, has a giant-sized heart, and refused to surrender to Sheng Li Superstar... Read More
Respected trainer condemns ‘disgusting’ online abuse
Grahame Begg stands up to trolls and wants to put an end to the vile abuse and destructive behaviour in the sport Victorian trainer Grahame Begg has vehemently hit out at online trolls who are sending abusive emails and text messages to his stable. Begg, who enjoyed success at his home track on Saturday with... Read More
The coming of Kah was always destined
I started working as a horse racing commentator more than 20 years ago. The novelty of being a woman helped me get a start when Sky Racing was trying to build a female on-air presence for its launch into the great unknown of the Pay TV space. Taking racing into people’s homes meant they had... Read More