It’s Official, Logan and Hakim off the mark with double
Trainer Donna Logan’s desire to combine with rising apprentice jockey Hakim Kamaruddin for a win was finally granted on Saturday, and in double dose for good measure. Known for being a talent spotter back home, having groomed many top apprentices, Logan had been supporting fellow Kiwi Mark Walker’s lad from Malaysia regularly in the last... Read More
Dashing a huge chance in Caulfield Cup
Andrew Balding-trained raider, now part-owned by Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock, shapes as a major player in today’s feature Nobody is paying him any regard. He continues to drift in the betting and even his trainer says he’s more a Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) horse. However, to quote the late and great Fred Dagg... Read More
Strip ‘still the one’ to scale Everest
For three decades from 1978, the Nine Network used the slogan “Still The One” to promote both its perceived and genuine dominance in the Australian broadcast market, especially after the emergence of cable television in the mid 1990s. Their ads, backed by the Orleans song of the same name, featured many of their personalities espousing... Read More
Classic test for promising Victoria Derby-nominated Karaka colt
A glowing endorsement from Peter Cunningham had syndicator Cameron Bennett excited about the prospects of Let’s Karaka Deel (Dundeel) and 18 months on from the unexpected text message the three-year-old will this weekend press his Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) claims and back up the raps placed on him by the horse breaker. The lightly-raced... Read More
World record for digital platform as Spanish sells
Three-time Group 2 winner Spanish Whisper (Lope De Vega) yesterday became the highest-priced thoroughbred to ever sell through a digital-only platform when her breeders Daniel Nakhle and Darren Brady fought off significant international interest to buy out their fellow shareholders for AUD$1,202,500 through Gavelhouse Plus. “We’ve bred and raced her, fallen in love with her... Read More
Starspangledbanner colt brings 360,000gns as buoyant Book 2 draws to a close
Any amount of anxiety would have been perfectly understandable ahead of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, but in the event it would have been almost entirely unwarranted. The three-day auction produced a trio of sessions that can only have surpassed the expectations of even the most optimistic out there, with the year-on-year... Read More