The rapidly progressive Lezoo (2 f ex Roger Sez by Red Clubs) provided Widden Stud shuttler Zoustar (Northern Meteor) with a first elite-level winner in the northern hemisphere when coming out on top in the Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at Newmarket yesterday.  Trained by Ralph Beckett and ridden by champion jockey elect William... Read More

Son of Rubick provides stallion with a first Group 1 winner as Victorian raider snares win with late run Sam Matthews has urged breeders not to miss out on a second chance to ‘punt’ the now Group 1-winning sire Rubick (Encosta De Lago) this breeding season, after the stallion’s son Jacquinot captured the Golden Rose... Read More

Coolangatta (Written Tycoon) demonstrated that her juvenile talents were still very much prevalent with an all-the-way success in yesterday’s Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) under the Moonee Valley lights, defeating her Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stablemate, Bella Nipotina (Pride Of Dubai).  It is almost a year to the day that Coolangatta burst onto the... Read More

The running of The Shorts (Gr 2, 1100m) on Saturday marked a month before a return to Randwick for The Everest (1200m), the world’s richest race on turf, on October 15, and with time ticking away slot holders with vacancies will be jostling for position to snap up remaining contenders for the $15 million race. ... Read More

Yesterday’s official two-year-old barrier trials in Sydney did not reveal all the answers but for young stallions with maiden crop juveniles facing their first public moment of truth, the traditional September session provided some encouraging signs for owners, trainers and studmasters. Highly touted first crop stallions Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) and Coolmore’s US Triple Crown champion... Read More