Gollan aims to keep the ball-rolling with four-pronged assault on Group 2
Tony Gollan’s dominance over Queensland’s training ranks shows no signs of slowing down and the Brisbane-based horseman kicks off his assault at the winter carnival with an arsenal of in-form runners on Saturday. Boasting a 20 per cent strike rate from his last 50 starters, Gollan leads both the Queensland trainer premiership (163 winners) and... Read More
Lanskey hoping for another shot at the big time with Litzdeel
It might be a touch premature to save space for a second Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) trophy on his mantelpiece just yet, but hobby breeder Paul Lanskey is daring to dream after the half-sister to his 2019 Cup hero Vow And Declare (Declaration Of War) made her black type breakthrough last weekend. Litzdeel (Dundeel),... Read More
Prost to stand on the Aquis Farm stallion roster
Aquis Farm have announced that Prost, a dual Group-winning son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), will join their seven-strong stallion roster in the 2025 breeding season and he will stand for an opening fee of $13,200 (all fees inc. GST). The former Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt was a winner of the Canonbury Stakes (Gr... Read More
Purple patch
Westbury Stud’s Tarzino (Tavistock) is enjoying a purple patch with four stakes winners this season, two in New Zealand and two in Australia. This past March his Willydoit outstayed his opponents when taking out the New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) rather convincingly by two and a quarter lengths and was not far away when... Read More
Mgheera and Floozie give the Mitchell family lots to look forward to
Yarraman Park enjoyed weekend success when a pair of Zoustar (Northern Meteor) mares in their ownership, Floozie and Mgheera, added valuable black type to their pedigrees on opposite sides of the planet. Sporting the Mitchell family’s silks, Floozie continued on her upward trajectory, tasting valuable black-type for the first time in the Silk Stocking (Listed,... Read More
First Settler to stand at Yulong for opening fee of $11,000
Yulong Stud has announced that Danehill Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) winner First Settler (Written Tycoon) will be joining their stallion roster for the 2025 season and will stand for an introductory fee of $11,000 (inc GST). The Group 2-winning son of Written Tycoon (Iglesia) went unbeaten as a juvenile, recording dominant back-to-back 1000-metre victories in... Read More