Fully booked Wootton Bassett to stand for $71,500 as Coolmore releases 2021 fees
Dual Group 1-winning Redoute’s Choice colt King’s Legacy has introductory fee set at $33,000 Europe’s rags-to-riches sire sensation Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) and Coolmore Australia’s other newcomer, dual Group 1-winning juvenile King’s Legacy (Redoute’s Choice), will stand for $71,500 and $33,000 (all fees inc. GST) respectively in their maiden southern hemisphere seasons at stud. So You... Read More
Four for Cable Bay
New first season sire winners Cable Bay Silk Tie (2 f ex Silky Skills by Charge Forward) provided first season sire Cable Bay (Invincible Spirit) with his third individual Australian winner when landing the 1300-metre two-year-old handicap at Canberra on Friday, with his fourth winner to come the following day. The John Thompson-trained filly improved... Read More
Nakano in brilliant form with a treble
Japanese rider Shogo Nakano enjoyed his best day ever in Macau with a brilliant three-timer on Saturday’s turf race program. The Wayne Smith-trained Ocean Warrior (Ocean Park) got the ball rolling for Nakano, who gave the four-year-old a perfect ride to take out the Class 4 over 1500 metres. In a race where a few... Read More
Old friends enjoy shock win
A family friendship that has endured for more than half a century was celebrated in spades (and a few cocktails, no doubt) when Hezashocka (Shocking) did exactly that and caused a huge upset in the Championship Stakes (Gr 2, 2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The gelding was making just his third start, having finished runner-up... Read More
Sebring colt Three Kings has more to give after Anzac Day Stakes success
McEvoys considering SA Sires’ Produce Stakes before spring campaign is mapped out for juvenile Connections of Three Kings, a colt from the second-last crop of Sebring (More Than Ready), hope the two-year-old has bigger wins in store after taking out the Anzac Day Stakes (Listed, 1400m), a Flemington juvenile race with growing reputation of unearthing... Read More
Tagaloa retired to take place on Yulong roster
Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa (Lord Kanaloa) has been retired by Yulong to stand and will take up his place on their stallion roster for the 2021 breeding season as the first son of Japanese stallion Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha) to stand at stud in Australia. A high-class two-year-old, Tagaloa raced six... Read More