Dear Adam, In the wake of last week’s much ado about nothing in South Australia, I am compelled to write to you.  I have, like many Australians, become disillusioned with the two major political parties.  Thus, I should be a candidate to vote Greens but I am not and – like a great many Australians... Read More

New winners Hellbent (pictured above) – Yarraman Park stallion Hellbent (I Am Invincible) sired his fifth and sixth individual first-rop winners this week with Hell I Am (2 g ex Forest Circle by Arch) scoring at Canterbury and Tattenham (2 g ex Sprout by High Chaparral) winning at Cranbourne. The John O’Shea-trained Hell I Am... Read More

Navy Black (AUS) 2 f Merchant Navy – Black Prada by Domesday O: S M George, R Cottee, Mrs S Cottee, Mrs A F Ramsay, R Jonathan, Ms J M Tynan, M D Tynan, Mrs T Pate, S R Pate, Mrs J G Tynan, D P Tynan, P H Tynan, Mrs J M Harvey, Mrs... Read More

The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s new bloodstock regime in the southern hemisphere will be set for another litmus test on Saturday when the majority of its first yearling purchases in Australia and New Zealand go under the hammer at the Hong Kong International Sale.  Craig Rounsefell of Boomer Bloodstock was appointed as the HKJC’s southern... Read More

New winners Churchill (pictured above) – Thesecondatportsea (2 f ex Bombay by Encosta De Lago) provided Coolmore stallion Churchill (Galileo) with his fourth individual southern hemisphere winner from 15 runners when breaking her maiden at Geelong. Ridden by Daniel Moor, the Danny O’Brien-trained filly finished strongly to come home a half-length victor at the line... Read More