Colette and Camelot to fly Classic flag
While a level of scepticism each year about Australia’s Classic form is understandable, the facts suggest it’s unwarranted and I fancy you dismiss it at your peril in the spring of 2020 – especially if the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups are northern hemisphere visitor-free. The Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) is the race perennially touted... Read More
Second for Contributer
Contributer – Jeronimos (2 c ex Viana by Volksraad) provided Mapperley Stud’s Contributer (High Chaparral) with a second individual winner when taking out a 1200-metre maiden handicap at Newcastle on Saturday. Jeronimos made NZ$250,000 at the Karaka Yearling Sales when sold to Godolphin from the draft of Mapperley Stud; out of Listed winner Viana (Volksraad),... Read More
Moore to send lightly raced Petronius to Queensland
Gary Moore is looking forward to working with his elder brother John for the first time in more than three decades, but the Group 1-winning trainer wants to claim stakes success in his own right with promising three-year-old Petronius (Redoute’s Choice) before the partnership comes to fruition. A last-start Sydney winner, Petronius was scratched from... Read More
Joe Lau Chasing a Fourth Derby Victory
Crown Of Gold (Duporth) cemented his Macau Derby (Listed, 1800m) berth with a dominant win in Saturday’s Porto Alegre Handicap (1800m) on a heavy turf track. Prepared by Joe Lau, Crown Of Gold was never in doubt after being fired out of the gates by regular rider Luis Corrales. Rated nicely in front, Crown Of... Read More
Sangster’s stallion market innovations embrace his father’s Horsetrader spirit
A good book is an essential companion during lockdown, and for bloodstock aficionados there can be no finer read than Horsetrader, as co-authors Patrick Robinson and Nick Robinson chart the story of Robert Sangster’s bid to corner the thoroughbred market with partners Vincent O’Brien and John Magnier. The trio’s policy of plundering major US yearling... Read More
Imported mare confirmed positive for parasite
Further testing of a breeding mare previously imported from the United Kingdom has confirmed the horse is carrying the exotic organism Theileria equi. The mare in question was imported under New Zealand protocols last year from France as a maiden and has been resident at Cambridge Stud since her arrival in February, 2019. Cambridge Stud... Read More