Racing News

Pearce collecting a fleet of high-class broodmares

Bill Pearce, once a large-scale breeder of standardbreds before turning his attention to thoroughbreds, has been enjoying a quick winter escape in Far North Queensland but his growing breeding and racing interests are not far from the front of his mind. The Bromfield Park principal has made an increasing investment in the high-end broodmare market,... Read More

Bourne hoping Lightning strikes in Adelaide

David “Butch” Bourne’s dilligence more than two years ago, along with an ounce of good fortune, has paved the way for the Seymour-based trainer to chase the fifth stakes win of his nearly four-decade racing career. Ojosan, a $50,000 filly purchased by Bourne for owner Mike Howard at the 2020 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale,... Read More

McDonald gets feel for Snitzel colt in late-season Randwick barrier trial

The new owners of talented rising three-year-old Best Of Bordeaux (Snitzel), potentially the best colt of his generation, got to see a glimpse of their high-profile purchase, with a low-key barrier trial in Sydney yesterday. With James McDonald in the saddle for the first time, and wearing Coolmore’s synonymous blue silks, noted on-pacer Best Of... Read More

Yarraman’s Vinnie is King after Sparta battles to win Bletchingly Stakes

I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) has completed his rags-to-riches rise to the pinnacle of Australian breeding as he all but secured a maiden sires’ premiership yesterday courtesy of a battling success in the Bletchingly Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield from his son King Of Sparta (3 g I Am Invincible – Octavia by Holy... Read More

Goldman shakes off monkey with Hellbent’s daughter scoring maiden win

Kurt Goldman, who trained Group 1-winning sprinter Hellbent (I Am Invincible) in his first seven starts, has provided the promising first season Yarraman Park Stud sire with his tenth two-year-old winner for the season and the Goulburn horseman believes the best is yet to come from both his horse and the stallion.  The talented Goldman-trained... Read More

Camilleri enjoying ‘fantastical dream’ on northern hemisphere journey

John Camilleri has bred some of Australian racing’s most prominent stars.  There’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Vancouver (Medaglia D’Oro) and, of course, one of the greatest ever in 25-time Group 1 winner Winx (Street Cry). He operates from a relatively small, but select, group of mares, and in recent years has embarked on... Read More