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The Australian Group 1 season in review
With all 74 Group 1 races for the Australian racing season completed, we take a look at the most successful horses, trainers, jockeys, breeders, vendors, owners, buyers, sires and broodmare sires. When Palaisipan (So You Think) strode to victory in last Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm, she became the 61st, and... Read More
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Ten for Brave Smash
New winners Brave Smash – Yarraman Park’s Brave Smash (Tosen Phantom) extended his lead by winners on the Australian first season sires’ title to three with six weeks of the racing year to run. Brave Smash’s tenth individual winner from 25 runners, the Kris Lees-trained Power Of The Brave (2 g ex More For Me,by... Read More
The puzzle linking Gooree Park to Northern Farm
The legacy of Eduardo Cojuangco continues to be felt after Palaisipan delivered Group 1 glory for Katsumi Yoshida at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Saturday’s victory by Palaisipan (So You Think) in the final Australian Group 1 of the season, the Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m), may have been a moment of triumph for one of... Read More
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TRAINER: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace RACE: The McCafe Handicap (1000m) Ciaron Maher and David Eustace may have struck out on the biggest stage at Royal Ascot this week as Coolangatta (Written Tycoon) finished down the field in the King’s Stand Stakes (Gr 1, 5f), but on the home front the training partnership has landed... Read More
The Little Pumper (AUS)
2 g Shalaa – Sensibility by Redoute’s Choice O: A Bowler, A McClure, Elm Racing (Mgr: J Sheehan), W Kerr, Grass Artist (Mgr: J Skrivanic), Bamboo Bloodstock (Mgr: W Wendt), Mrs G Bozinis-Wendt, P Baker, Fumakeco Racing (Mgr: S Kelly), Mrs K Perry, W Pantel, R Wilson, M Slack-Smith, N Hinkley, S Bruhn, Mrs L... Read More
Shinzo tops juvenile crop
Shinzo is Australia’s best two-year-old. With the five Group 1 juvenile races run and won for season 2022-23, the status of the Golden Slipper would ordinarily see the winner lay claim to the title of the nation’s best, but ratings figures also back-up the blueblood Snitzel colt’s performance in the $5 million feature. The Coolmore-owned... Read More