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Spring clues galore for Glentree in both Melbourne and Sydney
Emerging Victorian farm set for busy day with trio of first-up three-year-olds and an exciting import in action Glentree Farm launches potentially their most rewarding spring yet with key first-up runners in Melbourne and Sydney today – three well credentialed three-year-olds and an exciting import starting his second Australian campaign. The emerging Victorian farm is... Read More
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Allam has high hopes for final foal from star mare Bonnie Mac
More than two years have passed but owner-breeder Steve Allam continues to rue the premature death of his star broodmare Bonnie Mac (Thorn Park), who was lost at the tender age of 12. But today, Allam will see the single foal he bred from the mare and sold for seven figures at last year’s Inglis... Read More
Is there a Diamond in the Godolphin six?
Those looking into the crystal ball in a bid to forecast this season’s big-race two-year-old winners may only need to look at recent history for a pointer to the future. Godolphin and Victorian trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman have had an uncanny ability to unveil a classy young horse, usually an elite juvenile, in recent... Read More
‘He’s top class’ – rider Crosse relishing massive Marois test for State Of Rest
Shane Crosse believes Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) winner State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) has the pace to prove a potent force when dropped back to a mile in Sunday’s Prix Jacques le Marois (Gr 1, 1600m), where top-notch three-year-olds Coroebus (Dubawi) and Maljoom (Caravaggio) could lie in wait. State Of Rest’s biggest victories have come... Read More
US beckons Australian Bloodstock’s German Group 1 winner Toskana Belle
Murrell and Lovett win third Preis der Diana in ten years with Andreas Wohler-trained daughter of Shamalgan Australian Bloodstock won its third Preis der Diana (Gr 1, 2200m) in a decade in Germany on Sunday, but don’t expect to see the victorious filly Toskana Belle (Shamalgan) venturing Down Under. The lightly raced three-year-old, now the... Read More
Exceed And Excel joins elite company with 200th stakes winner
Darley’s Exceed And Excel (Danehill) became the first Australian-bred stallion to reach the landmark of 200 individual stakes winners when his daughter Natural Colour (4 f ex Safiyna by Sinndar) won the Luther Burbank Handicap (Listed, 8.5f) at Santa Rosa in the US on Saturday. Exceed And Excel is just the sixth stallion to reach... Read More