The honour roll of winners includes many of the greatest racehorses and sires in history and among those successful in the past 60 years are Ballymoss (Mossborough), Busted (Crepello), Royal Palace (Ballymoss), Mill Reef (Never Bend), Brigadier Gerard (Queen’s Hussar), Sadler’s Wells (Northern Dancer), Dancing Brave (Lyphard), Giant’s Causeway (Storm Cat), Sea The Stars (Cape... Read More

The win also gave prominent Australian owner Lloyd Williams his first European Derby winner with an Irish–bred horse presumably named after the Latrobe Valley and river in his home state of Victoria. Trained by Joseph O’Brien who won last year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) for the owner with Rekindling (High Chaparral), Latrobe caught the... Read More

In the end, though, the ultra consistent four-year-old mare Prompt Response (Beneteau) came home a comfortable and deserved winner by a length and a quarter after a gem of a ride by Blake Shinn, defeating the fast-finishing Shillelagh (Savabeel) with Super Cash (Written Tycoon) just a half-head further back in third place in a time... Read More

Winner by a neck was British-trained, French-bred Laurens (Siyouni) who had taken the lead about 400 metres out then defied her rivals to defeat Godolphin’s strong finishing Musis Amica (Dawn Approach) who was only a nose in front of third placed Homerique (Exchange Rate). Close-up in fourth place was Coolmore-raced Happily (Galileo). Trained by Karl... Read More

Somewhat overshadowed at Arrowfield Stud by his son and barn mate Snitzel over the past two seasons, Redoute’s Choice was last Saturday represented by his 33rd Group One winner and 158th stakes winner when The Autumn Sun finished powerfully late to win the J J Atkins Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Doomben, the last Group... Read More