Te Akau have New Zealand Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) aspirations in mind for Ascend The Throne following the gelding’s win in yesterday’s Group 2 Waikato Guineas.  After commencing his career with two strong performances over shorter trips, Ascend The Throne looked comfortable in breaking his maiden over 2000 metres on his previous start, a performance... Read More

given another opportunity to add a Group 1 to his record this preparation after he made a winning return in the Australia Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Moonee Valley yesterday.  The colt became the first three-year-old to win the Group 2 since Holler (Commands) in 2016 when he defeated the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained... Read More

Brave Mead (Brave Smash) provided another boost for his emerging sire and another late stakes win for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace with a commanding all-the-way victory in yesterday’s Manfred Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield. Having become Brave Smash’s maiden black–type victor with a Listed two-year-old win at The Valley last March, Brave Mead... Read More

Bargain weanling purchase Hayasugi (Royal Meeting) became the first winner – and stakes-winner – for her Victoria-based sire in producing a storming finish to take out the fillies’ Blue Diamond Preview (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield yesterday. Bought by James Bester Bloodstock and associates at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale of 2022 for just $47,500,... Read More

Newgate Farm, the China Horse Club and Snowden Racing flexed their two-year-old muscle with a one-two finish as High Octane (Deep Field) beat home Holmes A Court (Capitalist) in the colts and geldings’ Blue Diamond Preview (L, 1000m) at Caulfield yesterday. High Octane – Deep Field’s (Northern Meteor) most expensive yearling as a $1.05 million... Read More