Elamaz makes successful Australian bow
Elamaz (5 g Gleneagles – Emiyna by Maria’s Mon) got his Australian career off to the perfect start when he took out Saturday’s W J McKell Cup (Listed, 2000m) at Rosehill. In an impressive training performance from Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Elamaz was having his first start beyond 1600 metres on Saturday and his... Read More
Sherry lands maiden Group 1 as Tashi steals the show in Tatt’s Tiara
The final Group 1 of the 2024-25 season went the way of Tashi (Sebring) as the Peter Snowden-trained mare swept to victory in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm. The win provided jockey Tommy Sherry with his first Group 1, while it was also a first elite-level victory for the five-year-old daughter... Read More
The Boy’s no fluke!
Chris Waller’s exciting two-year-old colt Autumn Boy (The Autumn Sun) cemented his credentials for further stakes-level success with a dominant performance in the Tattersall’s Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The colt turned heads on debut at Canterbury on June 9 when he showed an electric turn of foot to run down stablemate... Read More
Floozie eyes a famous five in the Tatts Tiara
The recent rollcall of Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) winners is littered with elite racemares who have subsequently commanded extravagant fees as broodmares, and given her impeccable pedigree there is little doubt that Floozie’s (Zoustar) potential value would enter the stratospheric range if she could claim her first Group 1 victory in the 1400-metre event... Read More
Per Incanto makes $190,000 at solid renewal of the NZB Karaka Weanling Sale
A colt by Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto (Street Cry) topped what was a solid day of trade at Thursday’s New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka National Weanling Sale, with James Mitchell signing for the youngster on behalf of Jim Carey for NZ$190,000. Offered by Seaton Park as Lot 13, the colt is the second foal out... Read More
Chadwick edges closer in Tony Cruz Award standings
The battle for the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading homegrown jockey intensified at Happy Valley on Wednesday night when Matthew Chadwick’s double pushed him to within two wins of Matthew Poon with only six meetings remaining in the 2024/25 season. Chadwick boosted his season’s tally to 34 – compared to Poon’s 36 –... Read More