Trainer Matt Laurie is as confident as he can be, in a race of multiple chances, that long-term fancy Coleman (Pierata) can arrest a recent modest stretch for short-priced runners in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Caulfield today. A $550,000 Magic Millions purchase for Laurie by Yulong Stud’s first-season sire Pierata (Pierro),... Read More

Clinton McDonald believes his filly Hayasugi (Royal Meeting) is at least twice the price she should be as she attempts to give her unsung sire the perfect start to his stud career in Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m). But given a trend of longer-priced winners of the race in recent years, for which... Read More

Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) laid to rest doubts stemming from an unimpressive barrier trial in claiming her ninth elite-level win in yesterday’s Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) at Flemington. But it was no typical stroll for Ta Akau’s five-year-old mare, as Proven Thoroughbreds’ redoubtable gelding Private Eye (Al Maher) almost pulled off another... Read More

Kimochi (Brave Smash) finally ended her run as a black–type bridesmaid and put the icing on a superb week for Yarraman Park with a fighting triumph in yesterday’s Light Fingers Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. After a brave but agonising spring campaign of six starts for six stakes placings – including top tier seconds... Read More

Away from all the deserved noise about Tulloch Lodge’s two-year-olds, James Harron isn’t having too bad a season himself. The colts syndicates giant has one of the most exciting horses in the land in unbeaten Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) equal favourite Bodyguard (I Am Invincible). And Harron’s famed dark green with gold epaulettes... Read More