Veight (Moonee Valley Race 9 #8) TRAINER: Tony and Calvin McEvoy RACE: Australia Stakes (Group 2, 1200m) One of the boom youngsters of the spring, the Tony and Calvin McEvoy–trained three-year-old Veight (Grunt) will attract plenty of attention at Moonee Valley. He hasn’t been seen since his respectable fifth in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr... Read More

Fully Lit (AUS) 2 c Hellbent – Sunlit by Snitzel O: Mrs T Rook, Slice Syndicate, Beau River Racing, Redfox Racing Hellbent Sunlit, Redfox Racing, Mrs R Pajor, Mrs S Vousty, Mrs K-A Crameri, N J Weir, Mrs E K Weir, M L Carrington, Mrs D M Perri, D Perri, Mrs T S Smith, Mrs... Read More

There’s plenty of optimism in the Kiwi racing industry, buoyed by this week’s injection of new money, via the NZ$4.5 million The NZB Kiwi (1500m) and a reshaped summer-autumn carnival, but New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bruce Sharrock isn’t resting on his laurels. Among the 2018-tabled Messara Report’s recommendations was the outsourcing of the... Read More

There have been a few false dawns along the way, but out of the some dark times the landscape for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s latest juvenile winner looks exactly as it sounds: Fully Lit. RedFox Thoroughbreds’ son of Hellbent (I Am Invincible) produced a sparkling debut to win by almost three lengths in Saturday’s... Read More

Too Darn Lizzie (AUS) 2 f Too Darn Hot – Enbihaar by Magnus O: Lord Lloyd Webber and Ms L Spender B: Fraser Brown, Rohan Ford and Mrs S Cummings T: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott S: 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Vinery Stud P: McKeever Bloodstock / Watership Down / Gai... Read More