After displaying her now renowned fast early pace, jockey Jeff Lloyd quickly steered the two-year-old filly across from barrier 16 to take the lead, seemingly in a twinkling. But the stopwatch showed that while it may have looked easy for Houtzen, the pace required in doing so was quite outstanding. Clocked from the barrier, Houtzen... Read More

Coming from the extreme outside barrier, the filly jumped brilliantly, was easily able to cross the field to reach the lead then gave nothing else a chance. On a boiling hot day it was understandable that Houtzen faded a little in the closing stages but still had enough in reserve to hold on to defeat... Read More

Like Robert F Kennedy, my immediate thought would be to ask “why not?”. Although perhaps that’s inappropriate given that Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan was reportedly drinking coffee and discussing horse racing on the night of the killing. Bit of minutiae for you to coincide with the swearing in of Donald Trump. To digress further, I’m... Read More

It’s already been a big week for I Am Invincible. His 25 lots on days one and two, of the MM yearling sales, cleared at 100 per cent for an aggregate of $7,200,000. And his stock may be even more popular at subsequent 2017 auctions should results go his way on the track this afternoon.... Read More

O: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum B: S F Bloodstock LLC T: Tony McEvoy W: Projection Graphics Plate, 1000m, Morphettville, 7 January 2016 S: $480,000 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Newgate Farm P: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum Roomooz (Fastnet Rock) ran out a taking winner over 1000 metres on her debut... Read More