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Prebble’s amazing spring success doesn’t yet rival Johnson’s 1966 feast
The Memsie, Makybe Diva, Turnbull and Might And Power Stakes, plus the Caulfield Cup, has seen Brett Prebble accumulate a remarkable spring Group 1 tally, but it doesn’t yet rival the deeds of Jim Johnson in 1966. Johnson, who died in February this year at 92, also won the first four of Prebble’s quintet plus... Read More
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Six for Almanzor
New winners Almanzor (pictured) – The Kevin Ryan-trained Franz (2 c ex Gemstone by Galileo) made a winning debut in a mile novice contest at Haydock on Friday to become the sixth individual winner for Cambridge Stud shuttler and first season sire Almanzor (Wootton Bassett). The juvenile won by half a length from the late-closing... Read More
Caulfield’s quiet did not diminish its loud tradition
Caulfield Cup day was crowdless and Randwick was rocking on Saturday. Like many, I watched the whole incredible day of racing unfold on television and the contrast in the ambience of the two race meetings was extreme. James McDonald and the hulking red sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) stirred thousands of Sydney siders, who were trackside... Read More
Breeding To Race
In the first piece of a new series on breeding to race, Jo McKinnon looks at the impact of today’s Kosciuszko at Randwick, which features nine homebreds in the $1.3 million contest There can be no greater thrill than winning a race with a horse you own but victory always tastes that little bit sweeter... Read More
Cerberus (AUS)
Cerberus (AUS) 3 c Dundeel – Scarlet Moretta, by Fastnet Rock O: James Harron Bloodstock Colts (Mgr: J Harron), Love Racing (Mgr: B Love), Doyles Breeding & Racing (Mgr: M F Doyle), Rockingham Thoroughbreds (Mgr: J A Ingham), G1G Racing & Breeding (Mgr: Mrs T L Vogel), Mrs B C Bateman, P Mehrten, S N... Read More
Hilal
There can be few more potent pedigrees in Australian racing at present than that of Hilal, who broke through for black-type success with a slashing win in Saturday’s Stan Fox Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m) at Randwick. The Team Hawkes-trained colt is from one of Emirates Park’s strongest female families – one which has spawned such... Read More