Mick Robins – the oldest member of an exclusive club
The list of living Australian-based Melbourne Cup-winning trainers is a relatively short one. An exclusive club, no less, and one which is becoming harder to join. Perhaps that’s no surprise given that three men – Bart Cummings (12), Lee Freedman (5) and George Hanlon (3) – won almost half the Cups between 1965 and 2008.... Read More
Furore snaffles the Ladies’ Purse
Furore (6 g Pierro – Stormy Choice by Redoute’s Choice) snaffled the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse (Gr 3, 1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday to lead home a one-two finish for trainer Tony Cruz in the HK$3.5 million (approximately AUD$642,200) contest. The six-year-old passed the post a length and a quarter ahead of stablemate and reigning... Read More
Rookie trainer and apprentice jockey score unlikely Victoria Derby victory
Tavistock’s Johnny Get Angry lands Group 1 for premiership coach Pagan and son of a gun in King A rookie septuagenarian trainer who is better known for his exploits at the highest level as a football coach and an apprentice jockey born to ride at Flemington have combined for a remarkable Victoria Derby (Gr 1,... Read More
Top Knight sails home in QEII Cup
Classy galloper Top Knight (Zoustar) ploughed through the rain-soaked track at Kranji to ‘swim’ away to an impressive win in yesterday’s $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Listed, 1800m). Under a heavy downpour and close to zero visibility, Michael Clements’ sole runner in the second Leg of the Singapore Triple Crown series made light of these... Read More
‘Our clients have got the appetite for them, so you have got to keep buying them’
Is the influx of internationals detrimental to the Australian yearling market? Victoria Derby Day, slated by many as the country’s most prestigious race day, is upon us and so too is the annual debate about Australia’s apparent inability to breed quality stayers capable of challenging the growing influx of internationals who are taking out our... Read More
Successful Fasig-Tipton sale closes yearling season
A total of 961 yearlings sold for $32,743,700, an average price of $34,073 After early season disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the North American yearling sales market regained its footing and ended on a solid note with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale that concluded October 29 with figures slightly below last year’s record-setting... Read More