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The remarkable story of Lightning Stakes winner Redkirk Warrior seemingly takes a new twist at every turn
And that he now might return to the country of his birth for Royal Ascot in June. The seven-year-old gelding was foaled at Lenore Peacock’s Manor House Stud in Middleham, North Yorkshire which sits between Mark Johnston’s Kingsley Park Stables and Karl Burke’s Spigot Lodge. It’s also well reported that Redkirk Warrior supplied his... Read More
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Endless Drama now a prime stallion prospect
A distant third behind famous stablemate Winx (Street Cry) and Hartnell (Authorized) in last year’s Apollo, Irish-bred Endless Drama was a well-deserved if narrow winner on Saturday, overpowering the high-class mare Global Glamour (Star Witness) close to home, with Comin’ Through (Fastnet Rock) close up in third in a race run in 1:22.46. It was... Read More
Concentration of fillies’ races demands examination
After all, beginning tomorrow with The Vanity, I could run said animal in any one of four group races restricted to three-year-old fillies, at that distance, on each of the next four Saturdays. In Melbourne, the Group Two Armanasco Stakes follows next weekend with two weeks to the Group Two Kewney Stakes. That is, at... Read More
Strong on-pace performance brings Written By into calculations for Blue Diamond Stakes
After a quick beginning from his wide barrier (13), Written By was forced to work, close-up in third place, at a solid tempo before the colt took the lead at the 200 metre mark. He then fought back particularly well when challenged, comfortably holding off the Godolphin-raced colt Plague Stone (Lonhro) by half a length... Read More
Outrageous (AUS) 2 c All Too Hard – Fit And Ready by More Than Ready
Outrageous looks a very promising colt, following up his good late-closing second on his second start in a two-year-old plate at Rosehill on 27 January with a good win second-up this preparation at Newcastle on Sunday. He again settled back in the field, this time under jockey Dwayne Dunn, and was last in the... Read More
Kementari emerges as a new star
In pre-pattern race days, Denise’s Joy (1972) proved herself one of the best and toughest fillies and mares of her time, the late T.J. Smith saddling her to capture 10 feature races from 1100 metres to 2500 metres, among them at least four now considered Group One events, the VRC Oaks (2500m), QTC Queensland Oaks... Read More