The three-year-old colt emulated his now retired sire Exceed And Excel by winning the time-honoured Flemington feature    Cylinder brought a perfect farewell for his retiring sire, Exceed And Excel (Danehill), with a slashing triumph in yesterday’s Newmarket Handicap (Gr 1, 1200m), giving the stallion a 19th top-tier winner, a neat 20 years since his... Read More

Superstar filly Velocious (Written Tycoon) cemented herself atop the country’s two-year-old ranks with a tenacious victory in yesterday’s Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie. Velocious burst onto the juvenile scene on debut at Te Rapa in November, the daughter of Written Tycoon (Iglesia) swiftly collecting black-type honours in the Counties Challenge Stakes (Listed, 1100m)... Read More

Kerry Parker called Think It Over (So You Think) more giant than giant-killer after another riding masterclass from Nash Rawiller helped the eight-year-old scupper raging favourite Fangirl (Sebring) in yesterday’s Verry Elleegant Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m). Starting an $8.50 second-elect behind the $1.30 Fangirl, Think It Over and Rawiller exploited the inside running at Randwick... Read More

Tropical Squall (Prized Icon) – bought as a weanling for just $16,000 – joined an illustrious list of Gai Waterhouse’s finest fillies in completing the Group 1 double of the Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick yesterday. Giving the task of going in first-up from a spell after a failed... Read More

Roger James is now the most successful trainer in the history of the New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m), but even that enormous achievement was overshadowed at Ellerslie yesterday by the new superstar of his Cambridge stable. Orchestral (Savabeel) became the sixth Derby winner for James, following on from Tidal Light (Diagramatic) (1986), Roysyn (Bakharoff)... Read More