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History for Fierce Impact as Rothfire stands tall in Rose prep
Japanese import completes Toorak Handicap, Cantala Stakes, Makybe Diva Stakes treble as Queenslander sweeps into Sydney Fierce Impact became the first horse, in successive seasons, to claim Melbourne’s spring Group 1 mile treble and continued jockey Mark Zahra’s stellar start to the 2020-21 season when he won yesterday’s incident packed Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1,... Read More
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Hall reflects on Makybe Diva as legend recognised at Flemington
The three-time Melbourne Cup winner’s first trainer speaks to ANZ Bloodstock News from Hong Kong Seventeen years ago this week, trainer David Hall departed Flemington with the favourite for the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m); earlier that afternoon, Hall’s Pentastic (Pentire) had arrived in the last stride to take out the Craiglee Stakes (Gr 2,... Read More
Coolmore’s Everest focus switches to elite three-year-old colts
International sprinter Lope Y Fernandez ruled out of this year’s $15 million slot race This season’s three-year-old colts, considered by some observers to be the strongest generation for a quarter of a century, loom large on Coolmore’s radar as the breeding and racing powerhouse continues to weigh up its options for this year’s The Everest... Read More
Bloodstock agent Johnson issues Melbourne Cup Warning
Group 1-winning stayer set for Makybe Diva return on way to spring majors Agent Will Johnson will be paying close attention to the Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) with his stayer Warning (Declaration Of War) on the path towards the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) while also monitoring important bloodstock sales in the northern... Read More
Experienced Victorian vendor Nolen ‘pressing ahead’ to Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale
Tal Nolen, who educated and sold Saturday’s Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) winner Top Knight (Zoustar) and topped last year’s Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale with a $525,000 No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) colt, will return to the Gold Coast in November with a select draft of horses for the breeze-up sale. The Victorian trainer... Read More
‘It’s a matter of if we want to make the rules or somebody else wants to make them for us’
Industry identities call on governing bodies to embrace phasing out the whip A prominent breeder, a leading international owner and a former champion jockey have all urged authorities to embrace Racing Victoria’s contentious proposal to ban jockeys from using the whip in order to ensure the industry is able to retain the governance of the... Read More