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

Pride Of Dubai sits atop sires’ table following Bella Nipotina’s Everest success Only three years ago, Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry) covered just 30 mares in a season at Coolmore Stud. The year after, 2022, he served just 54. On Sunday, the 12-year-old sat atop Australia’s general sires’ table, a $22,000 stallion who was the... Read More

The Roger Varian-trained Charyn (4 c Dark Angel – Futoon by Kodiac) confirmed his status as Europe’s best miler when taking out Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at Ascot.  Having arguably been unlucky to have not entered Saturday’s Group 1 contest unbeaten in six starts this season, with his two defeats in... Read More

Having landed the Epsom Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) on October 5, the Joe Pride-trained Ceolwulf (4 g Tavistock – Las Brisas by Shamardal) made it back-to-back Group 1 victories when taking out Saturday’s King Charles III Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Randwick.  Ridden by Chad Schofield, as he had been in the Epsom, the gelded... Read More

Emerging trainer Alex Rae secured his first stakes success when his talented colt Lofty Arch (Snitzel) stamped his class in the Gothic Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Caulfield. Lofty Arch followed last year’s winner Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel) onto the Gothic Stakes honour roll when he held on from the fast-finishing filly Lovelycut (Ilovethiscity), who registered... Read More