New winners Impending (pictured above) – The Paul Perry-trained Forecaster (2 c ex Street Storm by Stormy Atlantic) showed the benefit of a break when he scored a maiden victory over 1100 metres at Canterbury on Wednesday, providing Darley stallion Impending (Lonhro) with a fourth individual winner. Having the run of the race under William... Read More

Maximillius (AUS) 2 c Written Tycoon – Scandiva by Fastnet Rock O: Dorrington Farm B: Robert Crabtree T: Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr W: David Coles AM Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Morphettville, May 21 A horse that is bred to be a future star earns Maiden of the Week status after taking a first... Read More

Luck is extremely important quite often in the making of a thoroughbred, and veteran South Australian hobby breeder Brenton Parker has had his share of both kinds. In 2002, he and wife Liz bought a rising two-year-old out of a paddock who became Madame Flurry (Perugino). She wasn’t up to much on the track, winning... Read More

New winners Caravaggio (pictured above) – Former Coolmore shuttler Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) sired his second individual southern hemisphere-bred winner when Baroque Road (2 g ex Malibu Road by Malibu Moon) dominated a field of 12 to win the Two-Year-Old Maiden Handicap (1100m) on the Kensington track at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained gelding... Read More

Koshu (NZ) 2 f Satono Aladdin – Syrah by Traditionally O: Mr B M Taylor, Mrs C Taylor B: Trelawney Thoroughbred Ltd T: John O’Shea W: Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1100m) The midweek meeting on the Kensington track at Randwick on Wednesday produced two impressive maiden winners in the first two races, both for first... Read More