Douglas Whyte’s faith vindicated as Carroll Street emerges as a quality prospect
Douglas Whyte is confident Carroll Street (Outreach) can develop into a serious sprinting prospect next season after the youngster impressively laid waste to talented opposition in the Class 3 Grass Island Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin yesterday. Clocking 55.36s – almost a second faster than standard – in the first turf race under lights at... Read More
Nettoyer and Fiesta latest stars added to Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale
Group 1 performed mares join well-related Taste Of Heaven as supplementary entries for Gold Coast auction Just 48 hours after announcing the inclusion of outstanding racemare Arcadia Queen (Pierro) as a supplementary entry to the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, the auction house has further bolstered its star-studded mare and racefillies catalogue with the addition... Read More
First season sire foals to go under hammer at NZB National Weanling Sale
The NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka on Friday will present a first public glimpse of some of the first-crop foals from New Zealand’s new and exciting stallions, as the Australasian bloodstock market continues with its breeding stock sales. Kiwi Chronicles visited and contacted stud managers of the seven new sires, whose first crop were... Read More
Horse air freight company lobbies Government to ease restrictions for travelling staff
Equine International Airfreight’s Cameron Croucher wants grooms to be classified as airline crew Since the outbreak of Covid-19 last March, life and business have been challenging for many people, especially Cameron Croucher, the managing director of Equine International Airfreight. So far he’s endured five rounds of mandatory two-week hotel quarantine, which equates to 70 days... Read More
Is Jamie Kah the world’s best female sportsperson?
That question legitimately arises again after Kah rode five winners (from just six rides) at Caulfield last Saturday to further increase her commanding lead in the state metropolitan premiership and all but guarantee, injury aside, that she will become – technically – the first jockey to ride 100 winners in a season in Melbourne. With... Read More
Kranji Mile in the mix after Ocean Crossing stuns in Polytrack dash
Michael Clements pulled off the training feat of the day with Ocean Crossing (All Too Hard) returning from a 169-day break to blow his rivals out of the water in the $70,000 Class 3 (1100m) yesterday. With a profile that reads a higher propensity towards the mile and thereabouts, all on turf, not many took... Read More