Stallion Watch
Third for Almanzor
New winners Almanzor (pictured above) – Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) recorded his third New Zealand winner when Dimaggio (2 g ex Pinstripe by Pins) scored on debut at Hastings on Saturday. Sent out as the favourite in the 1300-metre contest, the Tony Pike-trained Dimaggio got up in the final strides to defeat Shanlord... Read More
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Third for Hellbent
New winners Hellbent (pictured above) – Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr appear to have unearthed a talented juvenile in Hell Hound (2 f ex Miss Charming by Forestry), an impressive first start winner at Terang, the third individual winner for her first season Yarraman Park Stud-based sire Hellbent (I Am Invincible). Ridden by Beau... Read More
Second for Impending
New winners Impending (pictured above) – The Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Hope At Hand (2 f ex Angel Of Hope by Choisir) got off the mark at the second attempt when she took out Saturday’s Furphy Handicap (1100m) at Morphettville and in doing so handed Darley-based first season sire Impending (Lonhro) with this second... Read More
Four for Almanzor
New winners Almanzor (pictured above) – Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) sired his fourth southern hemisphere bred first-season scorer when the Liam Howley-trained Virtuous Circle (2 c ex She Is Stryking by Stryker) produced a shock win in the Sires (1500m) at Mornington on Saturday. Last seen running ninth on debut at Pakenham, the... Read More
Five for Heroic Valour
New winners Heroic Valour – Zipping Irish (2 f ex Eire Hostess by O’Reilly) provided his sire Heroic Valour (Fastnet Rock) with a fifth individual winner when he broke his maiden in the maiden plate (1050m) at Mackay on Tuesday. The Clinton Taylor-trained two-year-old filly was a comfortable two-and-a-half-length winner over She’s Winning (Winning Rupert)... Read More
Ten for Mizzen Mast
New Group / Grade 1 winners Mizzen Mast – Ciaron Maher and David Eustace bagged yet another top-flight winner when Lighthouse (5 m ex More Hoping by North Light) won the Coolmore Classic (Gr 1, 1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Providing jockey Jason Collett with the second leg of a feature-race double, the five-year-old mare... Read More