HK: Purton booked for El Vencedor ride Hong Kong champion jockey Zac Purton has been booked to ride Kiwi raider El Vencedor (Shocking) in the QEII Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) at Sha Tin next month. An invitation was extended to connections following the gelding’s golden run of form in New Zealand, which included consecutive victories in the Herbie Dyke Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m), WFA Classic (Gr 1, 1600m), and Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m). Trainer Stephen Marsh was able to snare the service... Read More

UK: Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training catalogue now online Two-year-old breezers out of Group winners and lightly raced horses in training feature among a classy catalogue for the upcoming Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up and and Horses in Training Sale. Highlights among the breeze-up lots include a Kingman (Invincible Spirit) colt out of Group 1 winner Samba Inc (Include); a Footstepsinthesand (Giant’s Causeway) colt out of Cherry Hinton (Gr 2, 6f) and Albany Stakes (Gr 3, ... Read More

Six for Farnan Kia Ora Stud’s first-season sire Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) notched up his sixth winner on Wednesday when regally bred colt Farnicle (2 c ex Jennifer Eccles by Rip Van Winkle) secured a debut victory at Randwick-Kensington for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Ridden by Regan Bayliss, the colt narrowly defeated Regulated Affair (Wootton Bassett) by 0.1 lengths with Mednyi (Capitalist) a further 1.3 lengths away in third. Bred by Kia Ora Stud, Farnicle was a $600,000 purchase f... Read More

Crocetti Quokka bound The Danny Walker and Arron Tata-trained Crocetti (Zacinto) will carry the hopes of the Kiwi sprinting ranks in Perth next month as Trackside NZ / Perth Racing’s slot runner in the AU$5 million Quokka (1200m). Connections accepted the invitation after he claimed the $300,000 bonus for winning the Champion Sprint Series over the summer, courtesy of placings in the Concorde Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) and the Kings Plate (Gr 3, 1200m) which bookended his Group 1 win in the Siste... Read More