Keys hoping to unlock Star Witness filly’s promise in Prelude
Winsum’s half-sister Caliper earns debut in Blue Diamond lead-up at Caulfield on Saturday Ken Keys, the Cranbourne trainer who continues to skirt around the edges of a yearling sale in his quest to unearth his stable’s next good horse, will have a throw at the stumps with an unraced Star Witness (Starcraft) filly in the... Read More
Four for Capitalist
New first season sire winners Capitalist Mozzarella (2 f ex Parmalove by Snitzel) provided Newgate Farm’s Capitalist (Written Tycoon) with his fourth individual winner when she took out an 800-metre two-year-old contest at Riccarton Park on Saturday. Trained by Nick Wigley and Kayla Milnes, Mozzarella was having her third start after two previous unplaced runs... Read More
Bargain hunter Mok cleans up with Simon Fubuki
Popular owner Mok Shing Fung has a real bargain buy on his hands in his Australian import Simon Fubuki (Medaglia d’Oro), who simply destroyed a good quality Class 2 field on the all-weather surface with a seven-length victory on Saturday. Prepared by Rambo Tse and ridden by Peter Lao, Simon Fubuki traveled handy in the... Read More
Autumn is Peltzer’s time to step out from the shadows
So You Think colt set to resume in the Eskimo Prince Stakes on his favoured Randwick track The hype around three-year-olds whose stud careers have already been sewn up may have Eskimo Prince Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) contender Peltzer (So You Think) flying under the radar, but Gerald Ryan wants to wait and see what... Read More
Poon and Lui combine with Glorious Dragon to snare Centenary Vase Handicap
Glorious Dragon (Teofilo) avenged defeat in last year’s running of Sha Tin’s Centenary Vase Handicap (Gr 3, 1800m) by denying Exultant (Teofilo) a third win in yesterday’s staying feature while at the same time delivering Matthew Poon one of the most important triumphs of his career. Beaten by Tony Cruz’s Exultant in the same race... Read More
Newgate buys into Capitalist colt Profiteer
Odds-on Inglis Millennium (RL, 1200m) favourite Profiteer will have a new majority owner when the Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt runs in Saturday’s $2 million juvenile race after Newgate Farm negotiated a deal to buy into the son of its promising Golden Slipper-winning sire. Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field announced late yesterday that the Hunter... Read More