Overshadowed by Caspar Fownes and John Size’s titanic battle for the trainers’ championship, David Hall and Douglas Whyte struck important blows of their own with pivotal doubles at Happy Valley yesterday. Hall reached 30 winners for the season with his first brace since September when Red Brick Fighter (Artie Schiller) pounced late under Matthew Poon... Read More

That song about the old grey mare doesn’t speak too fondly of her, reminding the listener – again and again – that “she ain’t what she used to be”.  But in the case of the unbeaten Riot And Rose, old grey mares have served the pedigree particularly well.  The gelding, himself a flashy grey, has... Read More

Book 2 yearlings and racehorse session to bring down curtain on Gold Coast National Sale today A strong second day of trade has helped Magic Millions recover from what was at times a lack of market activity in the auction ring on the opening day to achieve a five-year high aggregate sales revenue at the... Read More

New first season sire winners Astern Divina (2 f ex Sakitto by Domesday) got off the mark at Canterbury on Wednesday to provide first season sire Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) with his sixth individual winner. The Chris Waller-trained filly finished third to subsequent dual Group 1 runner-up Hilal (Fastnet Rock) on debut in February and that... Read More

A perfectly executed ride by J B Hamel gave Nick Moore his second Group victory when Hostwin Achilles (Deep Field) took out Saturday’s Group 3 Derby Trial (1500m), defeating his much more fancied stablemate Circuit Miles (Fastnet Rock). Moore was bullish all week about the chances of Circuit Miles, the horse that he has set... Read More

Caspar Fownes is looking ahead to a big-race campaign for Sky Darci (Darci Brahma) next season when his talented four-year-old will have the chance to take on Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) in what would be a desirable clash between the last two Hong Kong Derby (Listed, 2000m) winners, possibly in December’s Hong Kong Mile (Gr... Read More