The three-year-old colt finished powerfully to defeat the fillies Honey Rider (Pins) and Flamingo (Pins) and looks capable of further stakes success. A big colt, very similar in type to his father, Sweet Leader may eventually find a place at stud to continue the O’Reilly (Last Tycoon) legacy which has played a big part in... Read More

Relishing the Heavy 8 track under his light weight of 51.5 kilograms, Polarisation was ridden much the same way by jockey Corey Brown in both versions of the race but new player, three-year-old filly Lasqueti Spirit (Beneteau), injected more front running speed into last Saturday’s race before beginning to fade approaching the final turn. Race... Read More

When the All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) came around top jockey Damien Oliver decided he needed to ride Tivaci (High Chaparral) with patience to suit the horse’s racing pattern rather than to try for a prominent position in the run. His rather brave tactics paid off as Tivaci stormed down the outside late from... Read More

On a rain affected track jockey Hugh Bowman settled the filly well back in the field and by the time the straight was reached she still had many lengths to make up on the leaders but it proved no problem as Bonneval came with a powerhouse finishing run to reach the leaders, Lasqueti Spirit (Beneteau)... Read More

Invader finished strongly to defeat New Zealand raider Summer Passage (Snitzel) by three quarters of a length with Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) another three quarters of a length back in third place. Time on the heavy 8-rated track was 1:26.15 with the final 600 metres covered in 38.49. Part of a growing partnership forged between Newgate... Read More