To Bravery Born (NZ) 2 c Snitzel – Milunka by All Too Hard O: Te Akau Secret Identity Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM) B: Nearco Stud Limited T: Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson S: 2024 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale V: Curraghmore P: David Ellis, $200,000 W: Dave Hoskin Carriers Maiden, 800m, August... Read More

The story around Pinstriped’s (Street Boss) Group 1 coronation in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) has been a bit like a sputtering engine, full of fits and starts, near misses, mare misses, and the occasional smooth bit, until it roared to a crescendo on Saturday. He’s a son of Street Boss (Street Cry), the headline act... Read More

4 g Savabeel – Pander by O’Reilly O: Ballymore Stables (Aust) Pty Ltd (Mgr: M D Moroney), R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: R P Legh) & M B Lee B: Bloomsbury Stud T: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson S: 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Sledmere Stud P: P Moroney /... Read More

Shangri La Express (Rosehill, R7, #1) TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: Up And Coming Stakes (Gr 3, 1300m) After coming off the boil in the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), Shangri La Express (Alabama Express) is arguably the forgotten colt who could be the surprise packet of the spring. It was an encouraging... Read More

As the old saying goes, you love it when a plan comes together. But when a gamble pays off, it’s surely ten times better. Emirates Park’s Bryan Carlson took a sizeable punt to seal a stallion deal on Tassort (Brazen Beau) after he’d had only two starts. Plenty of stallions have plenty more runs, mostly... Read More