Half-siblings Shades Of Rose and Scallopini strike stakes wins on same day at Flemington and Rosehill Steve Gillard has achieved much in both the racing and breeding spheres. On the track, among other successes, Gillard was part of the James Harron Bloodstock ownership group of dual Group 1 winner King’s Legacy (Redoute’s Choice), while in... Read More

OTI Racing hopes to affirm its VRC Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) stocks and provide a boost to more than one underrated New Zealand sire at Flemington today via horses at two ends of its spectrum: their highest earner and a three-year-old second-starter. While the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained I’m Thunderstruck (Shocking), very much... Read More

Extreme Choice mare spearheads Star Thoroughbreds-owned trio chasing big-race success at Rosehill tomorrow Connections behind Espiona (Extreme Choice) never lost faith in the ability of their filly, who burst onto the scene with a rating-busting performance in a Listed contest at Flemington in November last year. But there was an overwhelming sense of relief, after... Read More

Widden Stud’s Zoustar (Northern Meteor) has continued his dominance of the Darley Princess Series early in the new season with North Star Lass showing her class and tenacity to land yesterday’s Furious Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) on testing ground at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained three-year-old appeared to have relented to the challenge... Read More

Matt Dale was yesterday vindicated in his belief that there was upside in lightly raced Meg (Sebring) despite an up-and-down summer preparation when the mare scored a valuable stakes win in the $161,000 Mona Lisa Stakes (Listed, 1350m) at Wyong, her first at black-type level. The Canberra-based Dale had been training Meg for Gary Harding... Read More