Big wet wreaks havoc with race program
The torrential storms which have battered large parts of New South Wales over the past few days and caused racing officials to make the unprecedented decision to shift Saturday’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) card back by a week, showed no signs of abating yesterday as Australian racing experienced a total wash out. More than... Read More
Speedster Anders retired to stand at Widden Stud
Anders, a son of the highly sought after but now pensioned sire Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice) and the fastest horse Ciaron Maher says he has trained, has been retired to Widden Stud to stand his first season for 2021. Antony Thompson, who was yesterday attempting to mitigate damage caused by flooding and a... Read More
No worries for Qian Gua
New Zealand import Qian Gua (Cape Blanco) gave his connections nothing to worry about on Saturday’s firmer ground when making it back-to-back wins under Roger Yu in the Class 2 over 1800 metres. Qian Gua is Mandarin for, “to worry about,” and connections must have had some concerns prior to the race about the confirmed... Read More
Three for Winning Rupert
New first season sire winners Winning Rupert Keith (2 c ex Tweet by Magic Albert), who won his first start at Canberra on Wednesday, became his Newgate Farm-based first season sire Winning Rupert’s (Written Tycoon) third first crop juvenile winner. The Bjorn Baker-trained Keith, who was purchased for $90,000 by his trainer and agent Jim... Read More
Amarelinha’s Oaks win has Chittick jumping for joy
With her strong victory in Saturday’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m), inventively named Amarelinha (Savabeel) not only wrapped up the coveted New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of Year title but also ensured that the Savabeel (Zabeel)-Waikato Stud roadshow continues. Amarelinha in Portuguese means hopscotch, the name given to her dam Hopscotch (O’Reilly) and in adding... Read More
Start of European Flat season offers first glimpse of shuttlers’ offspring
Trainer Fahey impressed by stock of freshman sires Saturday’s Lincoln (1m) meeting at Doncaster marks the beginning in earnest of the new European Flat turf season, a period during which the industry will have a first on-track glimpse of several runners by first season stallions who have shuttled to the southern hemisphere, with their first... Read More