Deep Field and Iffraaj colts make $310,000 to bring down curtain on record Magic Millions
Alpine Edge’s half-brother to be trained on the Gold Coast, Iffraaj colt to head interstate Yarramalong Park principal Richard Foster says the time was right to cash in on the success of exciting two-year-old Alpine Edge (Better Than Ready) by selling his half-brother by Deep Field (Northern Meteor) for $310,000, one of two colts to... Read More
Aquis considering offers to take on its NSW stallions for season 2021 and beyond
Aquis Farm will make a call on the future of its NSW-based stallions including high-profile Group 1 winners Pierata (Pierro) and Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom) by the end of this month as the Hong Kong racing and breeding business continues its rationalisation. The Tony Fung-owned Aquis Farm operated a three-state stallion operation in 2020 including... Read More
Royal Ascot to expand meeting to seven races a day
Ascot will permanently expand its famous royal meeting with the introduction of seven-race cards each day after its revised schedule proved popular with bookmakers and connections last year. The five-day meeting, which begins on June 15, was expanded last season to facilitate extra runners, whose campaigns were severely interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic before the... Read More
Beauty bolts into pole position for Derby
The Macau Derby (Listed, 1800m) is still six months away but the brilliant last to first win by Beauty Bolt (Redoute’s Choice) in Saturday’s Class 2, has firmly stamped the mare as the horse to beat in this year’s Classic. The four-year-old Australian import who was formerly trained by Grahame Begg in Victoria, was having... Read More
First for Maurice
New first season sire winners Maurice – First season sire Maurice (Screen Hero) took a long time to register a maiden winner in his native Japan, only hitting the scoreboard in mid-July before embarking on a remarkable run to almost claim first season sire honours in 2020. All indications suggest the Arrowfield Stud shuttler may... Read More
Hamelin notches career-best five-timer as Dubai’s World Cup looms as possible target for Elusive State
Frenchman Antoine Hamelin banished the frustrations of a recent barren streak to produce the first quintet of his career to steal the show at Sha Tin yesterday as Elusive State (All American) left Tony Millard contemplating a high-stakes Middle East tilt. Hamelin erased the frustrations of a 51-ride losing streak with a stunning five-timer –... Read More