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Taormina (AUS)

TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) Well-bred filly Taormina (Written Tycoon) will bid to make her first foray into stakes company a successful one as she tackles today’s Darley Silver Shadow Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly boasts an unblemished record... Read More

Tiz Invincible (AUS)

3 f I Am Invincible – Amuletum by New Approach O: Ciaron Maher Racing (Mgr: C Maher), E J Lucas, K Gorski, D M Toohey, Mrs T Toohey, H G Toohey, Mrs J Toohey, A J Lees, L Caminiti, Mrs J Caminiti, T Inglis, D A Vedelago, C S White, J M Simmons & Ms... Read More

Racing Victoria shelve innovations, unsurprisingly

So, Racing Victoria has shelved its “Drive To Survive” mics-on-jockeys and trainer teams idea for at least 12 months, after a board meeting earlier this week. Not surprising, particularly after RV chief executive Andrew Jones’ series of car crash interviews last week on racing media – Racing.com, SENTrack and RSN – where in particular he... Read More

State of Play

By The Numbers looks into a suite of key stats to chart how the breeding industry dynamic between Australian states has changed over the past 20 years. For many in the breeding and bloodstock industry, August is synonymous with stallion parades, where the crowds head out to the thoroughbred heartlands and inspect the leading sires... Read More

Kintyre

He once was a colt whose roguish ways meant he could never be the favoured sibling. But since the call was made to help him do justice to his newly illustrious family by relieving him of a pair of assets, everyone’s just wild about “Harry”. He’s Fireburn’s (Rebel Dane) little half-brother, his real name is... Read More

Unraced at two, stars at three

Today’s By The Numbers takes a look into what history tells us about the prospects of unraced two-year-olds becoming Group 1 winners at three. The approach of spring brings expectation in many walks of life, none more so than in the thoroughbred industry. This period of optimism in the calendar corresponds with a surge in... Read More