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Willa Mitchell: the 18-year-old who is making the most out of being in lockdown
When racing gets into the blood, the passion ends up running so deep it flows on like an incurable addiction from one family generation to the next. We’ve seen this through the racing dynasties that have formed during the past century – the likes of the Cummings and Hayes families and the Freedmans. On the... Read More
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Profondo (AUS)
Profondo (AUS) 3 c Deep Impact – Honesty Prevails by Redoute’s Choice O: Galletta Construction Co Pty Ltd B: Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd T: Richard Litt S: 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Arrowfield Stud P: Galletta Construction Co, $1.9 million W: 1st Crop Magna Grecia Foals Maiden Handicap, 1400m, September 1, Kensington... Read More
Masked Crusader
It’s a fine line between pleasure and pain. So, too, between madman and genius. When Rick Jamieson watched Masked Crusader win the Group 3 The Heath so effortlessly at Caulfield last Saturday, hanging over the pride in another cracking piece of breeding was a large cloud of melancholy. It was the Gilgai Farm maven who... Read More
The mysterious machinations of the pattern, The Everest and the working party
First things first, of course the bloody Everest should have Group 1 status. Yes, and that’s from a Victorian. It is the most sought after sprinting prize in the country. It may have an element of being exclusive but it’s not restricted in the manner of a sales race. Any horse can run if its... Read More
Purton looks to bolster connections as Hong Kong racing returns
The entries are out for Sha Tin on Sunday, marking the end of a seven-week summer break and the beginning of another relentless cycle that will run through 88 race meetings, yield huge turnover, produce fascinating sport as well as behind-the-scenes drama – the odd controversy, too, no doubt – and hopefully deliver an authentic... Read More
17 for Caravaggio
New first season sire winners Caravaggio (pictured above) Coolmore’s Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) sired a 16th individual winner on Thursday when his son Don Julio (2 c ex Remember Alexander by Teofilo) landed a seven and a half furlong maiden claimer at Tipperary. The Donnacha O’Brien-trained colt defeated Hul Ah Bah Loo (Raven’s Pass) by one... Read More