WA’s stellar stallion set to rise in the east with West Star
Western Australia’s dominant sire Playing God (Blackfriars) will get a chance to land a blow on the eastern seaboard this Saturday when his speedy son West Star lines up in the Gilgai Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m), after which trainer Simon Miller will prepare the four-year-old for a “redemption mission” in the $10 million Golden Eagle... Read More
Coolmore’s MV Magnier looking to the future after loss of super sire Wootton Bassett
Coolmore’s MV Magnier has opened up about the loss of the operation’s superstar stallion Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj). The 17-year-old, sire of 129 black-type performers, including 16 top-flight winners, died last Tuesday after suffering from a choke that developed into an acute case of pneumonia while on shuttle duty in Australia. “What happened to Wootton Bassett... Read More
Rourke appointed RV deputy chair
Tim Rourke has been unanimously appointed as the board of Racing Victoria’s deputy chair. Rourke, who was appointed to the RV board in June last year and is the chair of the RV Audit & Risk sub-committee and a member of the Racing sub-committee, replaces Sharon McCrohan at the conclusion of her term on the... Read More
Team McEvoy prepare to unleash exciting trio of juveniles at Flemington
Tony and Calvin McEvoy are set to make a splash when Victorian two-year-old racing begins at Flemington on Saturday, with a three-pronged assault on the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (Listed, 1000m) heavily flavoured by the race’s sponsor, Darley. The father-son team are poised to start a colt and two fillies by Darley sires: Godolphin colt Knurl... Read More
Please hold
“Thank you for calling Rich Hill Stud. Due to Saturday’s wonderful results our lines are busy. Please hold.” Rich Hill Stud may well be experiencing a rush of calls about now after their Proisir (Choisir) sired the Howden Insurance Mile (Gr 1,1600) winner Waitak and Satono Aladdin (Deep Impact) supplied the Hawkes Bay Guineas (Gr... Read More
Emirates Park toast brilliant weekend on the racetrack with fine stakes treble
Emirates Park celebrated a weekend to remember, breeding three individual stakes winners within 24 hours. The success got off to an impressive start when the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Charm Stone (I Am Invincible), who Emirates Park bred and sold, won the Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at The Valley, which was then... Read More