A step back up to the top level looks assured for Recommendation (4 g Shalaa – Adviso by Street Cry) after he made it back-to-back Group 3 wins in Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher-trained four-year-old had run out a super impressive seven-length winner of the Sir John Monash Stakes... Read More

Lingani (America) became the first stakes winner for his regally bred but distinctly obscure sire in taking a dramatic edition of the Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Team McEvoy’s outstanding Arabian Summer (Too Darn Hot) was crunched in betting late for her first-up assignment in the two- and three-year-old sprint, but after... Read More

Untapped filly Joliestar (Zoustar) has emerged as a contender for The Everest (1200m) with her trainer Chris Waller revealing he is keen to give the mare an opportunity to audition for the $20 million feature.  The Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner was among a host of stars to step out at the Rosehill barrier... Read More

Spring stakes races are on the radar for lightly raced colt Mayfair (2 c Fastnet Rock ex Cicatrix, by Violence) after he broke his maiden in a 1200-metre contest at Rosehill on Saturday.  One of Newgate Farm-China Horse Club’s portfolio of colts, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained juvenile  was able to cross from barrier... Read More

Colmar (Strasbourg) showed his toughness and his speed to become the first stakes winner for Rosemont Stud’s first-season sire Strasbourg (I Am Invincible) when the gelding landed Saturday’s South Australian Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) at Morphettville. Trained at Murray Bridge by Ron Daniel and Trish Stanbury and ridden by Samuel Payne, Colmar bounced... Read More