Mapperley Stud roars to Lion’s success
For Mapperley Stud, the week could not have been better. Only last Wednesday Mapperley’s young stallion Contributer (High Chaparral) sired his first stakes winner when Llanacord held on gamely in the Lowland Stakes (Gr 2, 2100m) at Hastings and Saturday’s Group 1 success in the Randwick Guineas (1600m) is more icing on the cake as... Read More
Three for Capitalist
New first season sire winners American Pharoah Coolmore shuttler American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) sired his second winner in Australia when his son Buck Pharoah (2 g ex Sequential by Lion Hunter) got on the scoresheet at Port Macquarie on Thursday. Racing for the third time, the Neil Godbolt-trained gelding landed the maiden handicap over... Read More
Goldin moment as $525,000 Fastnet Rock colt sets Magic Millions Adelaide record
Fillies by Palentino and Merchant Navy also breaks South Australian benchmark A 15-year record was smashed three times during the opening Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale session yesterday, with a high-profile Fastnet Rock (Danehill) colt making $525,000 and setting the tone for a stellar day’s trade. Buyers’ willingness to break budgets in order to secure... Read More
Thinking Big about another Melbourne Cup
When Good Idea (So You Think) outstayed his rivals in Monday’s Adelaide Cup (Gr 2, 3200m) carrying the colours of the late Dato’ Tan Chin Nam, great racing memories came flooding back for many. The win reminded us of Melbourne Cups (Gr 1, 3200m) and Cox Plates (Gr 1, 2040m) gone by when the famous... Read More
Oakleigh Plate winner Celebrity Queen up for sale at Chairman’s
The Grant and Alana Williams-trained Celebrity Queen (Redoute’s Choice) is the latest big-name entry confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in May. The four-year-old mare, who landed the Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) in a dead-heat with Portland Sky (Deep Field) before finishing down the field in the Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m) last weekend,... Read More
Capitalist’s Kalashnikov enters Slipper foray with Black Opal success
Kalashnikov (2 c Capitalist – Rough Ride by Flying Spur) is the latest Capitalist (Written Tycoon) colt to throw his hat into the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) ring after he battled to a hard-fought victory in the Black Opal Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Canberra yesterday. Trained by Paul and Peter Snowden, Kalashnikov followed... Read More