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Laurens toughs it out in the Prix de Diane

A winner of the Fillies’ Mile (Gr 1, 1m) at Newmarket as a juvenile and the Prix Saint-Alary (Gr 1, 2000m) at Longchamp last month, Laurens added the most lucrative success of her career to date when fending off sustained challenges on both flanks in what proved a thrilling finish in the Parisian sunshine. However,... Read More

In the shuffling madness Of the locomotive breath…

You see, I was strolling past the Easy Tiger bar in downtown Bangalore last week (and yes this is the last time I’ll bang on about Bangalore as I am now in Greece). Like the sirens of Greek mythology who lured sailors to shipwreck, the sweet warbling tones of Ian Anderson lured me into said... Read More

Santa Ana Lane shows his quality in coming off strong pace to win Stradbroke Handicap

Racing midfield on the rails, Santa Ana Lane tracked a quick tempo on the heavy 8 track set by the free-running leader Perast (Snitzel) which resulted in fast mid-race 600 metre sectional (from the 1000m) of 34.74. Ben Melham skilfully steered Santa Ana Lane along the inner rounding the home turn, before drawing away over... Read More

Peaceful (NZ) 2 f Savabeel – Paloma by Mossman

On her fifth career start, Peaceful proved too strong for her rivals to seal both her maiden win and maiden stakes win at Te Rapa last Saturday. She was one of the first away, however jockey Matt Cameron eased her back to settle fifth, one off the rail. She crept a shade closer passing the... Read More

A day at the races in Bangalore and a wild taxi ride to Delhi

I received a perfunctory but polite reply noting that I could find all I needed to know about the 9 June meeting at their website. Hence I parted with 40 rupees for general admission. That’s about 80 cents. I joined a battalion of men – there was hardly a woman in sight – which might... Read More

The Autumn Sun a rising star for Redoute’s Choice

Somewhat overshadowed at Arrowfield Stud by his son and barn mate Snitzel over the past two seasons, Redoute’s Choice was last Saturday represented by his 33rd Group One winner and 158th stakes winner when The Autumn Sun finished powerfully late to win the J J Atkins Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Doomben, the last Group... Read More