A lot of precious metals come out of Western Australia, and a good deal of valuable horseflesh as well. And in a breeding sense, Sunday’s Victoria Derby trial shone a glowing light on a WA mare with a golden touch so strong she’s turning blue –  as in hen. Gold Bullion (Savabeel) won the Derby... Read More

With the first two-year-old stakes races of the season to be contested at Randwick on Saturday, we look at the shuttle sires with their first Australasian runners this season and how their first-crop progeny have fared in the northern hemisphere. Darley’s Blue Point (Shamardal) is yet to have a runner on Australian soil, but the... Read More

New winners Blue Point – Darley Stud shuttler Blue Point (Shamardal) sired three individual winners last week, taking his tally to 38. The Charlie Appleby-trained Edge Of Blue (2 g ex Davantage by Galileo) made a winning debut over seven furlongs at Yarmouth to become winner number 36. Bought by his owners Godolphin for €200,000... Read More

Group 1-winning heroes Alligator Blood and Militarize created history in very different ways with their respective victories at Caulfield and Rosehill on Saturday. Alligator Blood’s (All Too Hard) ‘iron horse’ qualities were well known before Saturday’s Underwood Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), when he became just the fourth Australian horse since 2000 to win a Group... Read More

TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: Heritage Stakes (Listed, 1100m) Having broken his maiden at the second start in impressive fashion, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Royal Tribute (Snitzel) will be stepped up to stakes grade today when he tackles the Heritage Stakes (Listed, 1100m) at Rosehill. The son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice)... Read More