Godolphin to send mares to I Am Invincible
Godolphin will make the most of its champion stallions Lonhro (Octagonal) and Exceed And Excel (Danehill) by supporting the pair with as many of its high-class broodmares as possible while the aging sires are still capable of covering. Lonhro and Exceed And Excel, aged 22 and 20 respectively, continue to produce high-class racehorses and are... Read More
Domestic Black-Type Calendar 2020
Meeting Details State Race Name Distance Group Type Age Sex/Conditions 20th August 2020 Hawkesbury NSW Rowley Mile 1600m Listed 3YO & Up Handicap 22nd August 2020 Royal Randwick NSW Winx Stakes 1400m Group 1 3YO & Up WFA 22nd August 2020 Royal Randwick NSW Silver Shadow Stakes 1200m Group 2 3YO Fillies SWP 22nd August... Read More
Aristia ready for the P B Lawrence after enjoying decent spell
Group 1-winning Lonhro mare set for final season of racing with Group 2 Caulfield test Such is the importance of Aristia (Lonhro) to the success and subsequent growth of First Light Racing that the Group 1-winning mare has a farm set up by the Melbourne syndicator named in her honour. And Tim Wilson, the principal... Read More
‘It’s a hugely exciting time to get back into the game with a horse of Farnan’s calibre’
Kia Ora to return to standing stallions with acquisition of Golden Slipper winner One of Australia’s foundation thoroughbred farms, the Hunter Valley’s Kia Ora Stud, will return to standing stallions after a long absence with a big-ticket item, the reigning Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Farnan (Not A Single Doubt). Recently appointed Kia... Read More
Sacred Rebel turns back the clock with big upset
Yesterday’s $85,000 Class 2 race over 1100 metres garnered a strong field with the likes of Siam Warrior (Exceed And Excel), Muraahib (Reset) and Pennywise (Pure Prize), but in the end, it hatched an unexpected winner in Sacred Rebel (Sepoy). . The $107 pop incidentally keeps up last Sunday’s record-breaking feat of the Mark Walker-Remarkable... Read More
Home proves Cummings’ Brave call in Aurie’s Star
Earlier this week, James Cummings declared Home Of The Brave (Starspangledbanner) as the best straight track horse he has in training and he might just be right, as the nine-year-old gelding wound back the clock to take out the Aurie’s Star Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m) yesterday. Ridden by Damien Oliver, Home Of The Brave was... Read More