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Via Sistina produces a Cox Plate performance for the ages
Yulong is celebrating glorious validation for their years of massive thoroughbred investment after Via Sistina (Fastnet Rock) produced a triumph for the ages in Saturday’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m). Sold as a yearling in Britain for around $A10,000, and bought as a Group 1-winning racemare to compete under the Yulong banner for 2,700,000gns (approx... Read More
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Red Aces throws down Derby marker
Red Aces (Dundeel) surged in betting for what’s shaping as a classic edition of the VRC Derby after proving a missed run was no great handicap by winning the Moonee Valley’s Vase (Gr 2, 2040m). The Nick Ryan-trained colt gave connections the luxury of earning a start in the Derby as a two-year-old, taking Flemington’s... Read More
Coolmore Stud Stakes looms for Bittercreek
A year and two days after being passed in at a breeze-up sale, Bittercreek (Snitzel) once again paid dividends to his owners’ stubbornness while continuing a powerhouse day for his sire in taking the Red Anchor Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Moonee Valley. Bred by Belinda Bateman, Bittercreek was bought from Arrowfield’s Gold Coast Magic... Read More
El Castello headlines a brilliant day for Arrowfield stallions
El Castello (Castelvecchio) wrote another chapter for a family his trainer Anthony Cummings knows so well as well as bringing a first Group 1 for his sire when he won the Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) on a glorious Saturday for Arrowfield Stud. As tough as he is handsome, El Castello travelled up on... Read More
‘We’re very confident about the form he’s shown at Group 1 level this year’
European challenger Docklands out to make history for Harry Eustace in riveting renewal of Cox Plate Harry Eustace is keen to add his name to an illustrious roll of honour of trainers to have won the Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) and feels his runner Docklands (Massaat) has every chance of success in an open-looking... Read More
Justify juveniles in high demand at the Gold Coast
Coolmore’s US Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) made his mark at the Magic Millions Horses in Training Sale on Tuesday with his two lots, a colt and a filly, selling for a combined $1.125 million at the Gold Coast. Given his absence from Australian shores this breeding season, the progeny of Coolmore’s champion stallion... Read More