The Team Valor mare becomes the first Australian-bred horse to win an American Grade 1 since the pattern was introduced in 1974 The Australian flag proudly flew over New York yesterday Australian time, when Oleksandra (Animal Kingdom) won the Jaipur Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) on the Belmont Stakes undercard, the first Australian-bred horse to win... Read More

Premier victory for Yiu’s Banner while Yeung Dances to Group 3 glory Jolly Banner (Lonhro) showed plenty of vim for a veteran as he battled past younger rivals to win the Premier Cup (Gr 3, 1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday. “Amazing – he’s an amazing horse,” trainer Ricky Yiu said after the eight-year-old maintained his... Read More

First for Sea The Moon Lanwades Stud’s Sea The Moon (Sea The Stars) recorded his first Group 1 winner as a sire when Alpine Star (3 f ex Alpha Lupi by Rahy) took out the Coronation Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) yesterday. Sea The Moon stood for £15,000 in 2020.   Second for Kingman Juddmonte stallion... Read More

Southern hemisphere-trained horses might not have been able to make the trip to Royal Ascot this year, but New Zealand was still well-represented in the winner’s enclosure at the royal meeting as Hello Youmzain (Kodiac), carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud, took out the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) yesterday.  Hello Youmzain led the... Read More

Much-loved Victorian horseman Graham Salisbury has died after a long battle with prostate cancer, aged 76. Racing journalist Bruce Clark, long a friend of the Salisbury family, announced his death through social media last night. Salisbury died at Bendigo Hospital yesterday with his family at his side. Salisbury, a clerk of the course for Racing... Read More

Defeat in a Benchmark 58 handicap at Corowa hardly shapes as a pointer to Listed success at Flemington in the same preparation, yet that is exactly the path followed by Front Page (Magnus) on his way to victory in the A R Creswick Stakes (Listed, 1200m) yesterday. Almost a half-century after Geoff Duryea ventured to... Read More