Fresh from siring a hat-trick of winners at Royal Ascot last week, Yeomanstown Stud stallion Dark Angel (Acclamation) will be offered to serve a limited number of mares on southern hemisphere time this year.  The ever-improving grey, who has risen from an opening fee of €10,000 to his current mark of €60,000 (approx. AU$95,100), has... Read More

The irony of watching Rebellion, the series on the 1916 Irish Easter Rising, was not lost on me as I tried to fill in time before watching the final day of Royal Ascot from the other side of the world. It’s a challenge to see through the five–day (night) meeting on television with the opening... Read More

Saturday races to match NSW level as raft of changes to see $280 million up for grabs next season Mick Price, a leading trainer who often takes an industry-wide view on racing issues, has welcomed a $16 million prize-money injection into the Victorian sector, but says ideally more could be done to help owners recoup... Read More

Having registered his 30th stakes winner on Saturday, namely McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m) winner Stockman, the late Tavistock (Montjeu) still has plenty of ammunition to fire and will likely continue to remind the industry of his great loss in late 2019. Karaka 2022 will see his last, reduced crop offered and it will be no... Read More

The Joe Lau-trained Crown Of Gold (Duporth) chalked up win number seven in Macau with another brilliant display of speed on the all-weather surface in Saturday’s Class 2 over 1050 metres, giving him back-to-back wins at the trip. Ridden by regular jockey Luis Corrales, Crown Of Gold began only fairly but quickly pushed through to... Read More

New first season sire winners Astern Asherla (2 f ex Heritage Lane by Charge Forward) showed superior speed to win her maiden at start four against older horses over 1000 metres at Kempsey on Sunday to become the tenth first crop winner for her Darley sire Astern (Medaglia d’Oro), and eighth in Australia. Trained by... Read More