Thoroughbred phenomenon Black Caviar’s (Bel Esprit) final foal, a colt by Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), will be reared as an orphan after the unbeaten mare was euthanised on Saturday owing to a severe hoof problem. The great Peter Moody-trained sprinter and folk hero – who won a perfect 25 from 25 between April 2009 and April... Read More

Widely travelled ex–Queensland colt Astapor (Tassort) begins his new life under Joe Pride as the three-year-olds step out in Saturday’s Rosebud (Listed, 1100m) at Rosehill, with the Warwick Farm trainer seeking to continue his strong run with transferred horses in recent years. But the man who took Mariamia (Toronado) from a previous high of Benchmark... Read More

Harry Eustace has revealed that Saturday week’s Ebor Handicap (1m 6f) at York will determine whether Crystal Delight (New Approach) and Ziggy (Sixties Icon) will join their stablemate Docklands (Massaat) on the plane to the spring carnival.  Eustace told Racing.com that Crystal Delight shapes as a more likely traveller off the back of a winning... Read More

Michael Hawkes called Theblade (Toronado) “the real deal” after the colt made a hugely impressive debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. The son of Toronado (High Chaparral) is Black Caviar’s (Bel Esprit) nephew, being out of the champion sprinter’s unraced half-sister Brigite (Casino Prince), herself a sister to Team Hawkes’ former top-level racer turned successful sire... Read More

Exciting three-year-olds ready to step up to their respective stakes targets this weekend Trainer Tony McEvoy is confident Saturday’s Caulfield launch of three-year-old stakes racing will herald a powerful spring for two of his runners – both budding stable stars who go into the day off starkly different backstories. Blue Stratum (Blue Point) is surging... Read More