Just when you think there’s a quiet time in racing and breeding and not a lot to talk or write about, lo and behold, something comes at you faster than Chautauqua in a TJ Smith and 2023 has been no exception, the past three months in particular. It sets next year up, starting at the... Read More

Storm Boy (Eagle Farm R6 #1) TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: BJ McLachlan Stakes (Group 3, 1200m) A dominant two and a half length winner on debut at Rosehill, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Storm Boy (Justify) takes the next logical step in his career this Saturday, rising to Group 3 level... Read More

The promising Michael Freedman-trained colt Highness (Snitzel) served notice of a regal future in jumping out of the ground late on to claim Wyong’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m) last week. And in so doing he revived memories of a close relative, his ‘uncle’ Dissident (Sebring), a stallion whose reputation may have dimmed somewhat... Read More

James Harron and his backers don’t have another stallion on their hands just yet, but the partnership’s current cohort of two-year-olds as a group might just be their strongest yet – and certainly since 2019-20 when King’s Legacy (Redoute’s Choice) won two Group 1s as a juvenile. Highness made it three stakes winners for Harron... Read More

Odinson (AUS) 2 c Night Of Thunder – Good Vibes by Due Diligence O: J A O’Neill, A Kheir, M T Gleeson, A K Racing (Mgr: Ms K L Solomon), Mrs M F Anderson, J Pearce, G J P Van Ameyden, L Caminiti, P A Cook, D Edmonds, B J O’Brien, B D Nettlefold, Bear... Read More