Phearson (Exosphere) struck a blow for old-fashioned Australian bloodlines with his bold all-the-way display for a second career Group 3 success in Saturday’s Liverpool City Cup (1300m) at Randwick. No fewer than 10 of the first 14 names in the gelding’s pedigree have (AUS) beside them. What’s more, the other four are from the country... Read More

2 f Blue Point – Catherine Wheel by Rogano O: Oakland Park Stud (Mgr: N G Duncan), J Maas, Mrs J C Maas & Hamlin Bay Thoroughbreds (Mgr: S Litton) B: Oakland Park Stud T: Daniel and Ben Pearce W: National Pump And Energy Plate, 1000m, February 24, Ascot The Daniel and Ben Pearce-trained Blue... Read More

“I regret the Romans for giving us the phrase ‘status quo’ because it is a perverse phrase at this current time in this industry,” Thoroughbred Breeders NSW president Hamish Esplin told us on Wednesday when outlining the state’s breeding body’s understandable disapproval and clear opposition to the appointment of former Labor Racing Minister Kevin Greene... Read More

A bush breeder named Boof, an American sire with a name barely known to anyone, a battle for survival on the first day of life – for a foal still suckling from its dam two years later – a frantic dash to the border before a Covid closure, a court case and a Group 1... Read More

Linebacker (NZ) 2 c Super Seth – Garden Of Swans by Oasis Dream O: F W Cook, Mrs C M Cook, Finemore Thoroughbreds (Mgr: R S Finemore), D J Hines, M Angelos, Mrs C Briggs, M W Finemore, J D Melick, R J Miller, T P Ballard, T Charlton, Peake Racing (Mgr: P N Edwards),... Read More