JPN: Namura Clair strikes Hanshin Cup gold Namura Clair (5 m Mikki Isle – Sun Queen by Storm Cat) justified her position at the head of the market for the Hanshin Cup (Gr 2, 1400m) when she made a belated breakthrough for the year with a win in Saturday’s race at Kyoto. Trained by Kodai... Read More

Pallaton gives Wootton Bassett first southern hemisphere juvenile winner Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) chalked up his first southern hemisphere-bred  two-year-old winner when Pallaton produced a scintillating debut display in a 1000-metre contest at Randwick on Saturday.  The Michael Freedman-trained colt had shown plenty of previous promise in winning and running second in a pair... Read More

First for Bivouac Darley stallion Bivouac (Exceed And Excel) sired his first stakes winner when Intention (2 f ex Beela Hudood by Snitzel) took out Saturday’s Wakefield Challenge Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) at Trentham. Intention was bred by the Hawkins family’s Llanhennock Trust and offered under their Wentwood Grange banner during Book 1 of Karaka... Read More

Invincible Woman (AUS) 2 f I Am Invincible – Showcase by Big Brown O: Ms E L Jelfs, Mrs C M Cook, Mrs M L Kennewell, Mrs K Rogers, Miss L Yeomans, Mrs H Jennings, Mrs A J Johnston, Ms L F Cole, Mrs G Fitzgibbon, Mrs S McNeil, Ms F Wallis, Ms E L... Read More

Only a tiny percentage of horses can boast ten or more stakes wins. It doesn’t matter where they are, it’s a sign of a rare and exceptional animal. At Launceston last weekend a nine-year-old gelding who’s already part of the Island State’s turf folklore wrote another chapter of his story by pushing his black type... Read More