Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt a battling winner at Sandown yesterday with big targets to come Exciting three-year-old colt Southport Tycoon (Written Tycoon) will be aimed towards next month’s Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), a pathway connections believe he was destined long before he battled bravely to remain unbeaten in his second career start... Read More

Leading Hunter stud to seek alternative parties having already snapped up Mazu for $20 million race at Randwick Arrowfield Stud appears likely to strike a deal with a rival slot holder to ensure their sprinter Remarque (Snitzel) takes his place in the $20 million The Everest (1200m), a race looking firmly on his horizon after... Read More

Having run down the field in yesterday’s Concorde Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Randwick, legendary sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) has been retired by his trainer Chris Waller and connections.  Waller announced the news shortly after the running of the Group 3 sprint, convening a spontaneous press conference to confirm the decision.  Standing alongside Nature Strip’s... Read More

The son of Grunt makes big Guineas statement at Caulfield Star colt Veight returned to winning ways in dominant fashion with victory in yesterday’s HDF McNeil Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield, as he continued to fly the flag for his up-and-coming Yulong sire Grunt (O’Reilly) and also furthered his own stallion potential.  The Tony... Read More

The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained high-class juvenile Veight (Grunt) makes his much anticipated return to the track in today’s McNeil Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield.  While on paper it looks a strong renewal of the Group 3, the colts first-up task has seemingly been made significantly easier with the late scratching of Godolphin’s 2022... Read More