New first season sire winners Air Force Blue First-season sire Air Force Blue (War Front) recorded his 13th individual winner when Major Frontier (2 c ex Make Haste by Tiznow) made a successful debut at Gulfstream Park West on Saturday, on what was the last day of racing at the south Florida venue. Trained by... Read More

It is remarkably rare that any pre-race hype matches the eventual product, but yesterday’s Japan Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) not only delivered in spades – proving the leading race anywhere in the world in 2020 – it marked the coronation of a legend of Japanese racing as Almond Eye (5 m Lord Kanaloa – Fusaichi... Read More

A budding breeding syndicate received the sort of result any small player would barely dare to dream of when their Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) colt sat on top of the standings at the final session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. Rebecca Matthews bought Autumn Snow ( Invincible Spirit), a once-raced maiden for Godolphin whose... Read More

Caspar Fownes could have the strongest hand of any trainer in January’s Hong Kong Classic Mile (Listed, 1600m) as smart four-year-olds Sky Darci (Darci Brahma)  and Enrich Delight (Medalgia d’Oro) came to the fore at Sha Tin yesterday. Sky Darci made a big statement with victory in the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m), the... Read More

The pair are aiming to replicate their two Group 1 victories earlier this year Tom Marquand and Addeybb (Pivotal) will bid to repeat their Ranvet Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) double in 2021 with both the jockey and Addeybb’s trainer William Haggas yesterday confirming to ANZ Bloodstock News they... Read More

Top fancy Tiger Roar (Wandjina) handed Ryan Munger another winner yesterday, but there are only four meetings left in the Singapore season for the South African jockey to pad up his current score of 16 winners. Munger is the only expatriate jockey from the pool who remained at Kranji in this post-Circuit Breaker phase of... Read More