Racing News

Brazen Beau’s The Ridler lands Norfolk Stakes

Australia’s remarkable Royal Ascot continued on the third day, this time through the exploits of Darley stallion Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible), who claimed a notable juvenile scalp when his son The Ridler ran out a controversial and shock winner of the Norfolk Stakes (Gr 2, 5f)  Brazen Beau, who finished second in the 2015... Read More

The Aussies are back

Nature Strip out to end unfinished business for sire Nicconi in King’s Stand Stakes on opening day of Royal Ascot Royal Ascot organisers are delighted with the ‘stronger than usual’ contingent of horses to have jetted from Australia to take on Europe and the world’s best at the five-day extravaganza, which begins with keen anticipation... Read More

Widden delight as Belter strikes Gold in Atkins

Stud to review service fee of new stallion recruit Gold Standard after first-crop Group 1 success  Widden Stud is revelling in another Group 1 juvenile success for a recently-acquired young stallion when Sheeza Belter held off all challengers to post a brave success in the JJ Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1600m) at Eagle Farm yesterday.... Read More

All eyes on the Atkins as Zoustar aims for landmark win

Antony Thompson mightn’t know where to look when he views the JJ Atkins (Gr 1, 1600m)  through jet-lagged eyes in the early hours of Saturday, UK time, with Widden Stud holding a powerful hand in the last two-year-old Group 1 of the Australian season. The farm’s flagbearer Zoustar (Northern Meteor) might have set a record... Read More

So You Think out to silence Debate as Churchill seeks breakthrough

Coolmore Stud hopes today’s accidental Super Saturday at Eagle Farm can be a red letter occasion not just for Queensland racing, but for two of its key stallions chasing some surprising juvenile black type in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m). Shuttler Churchill (Galileo) has a chance for his first Australian stakes winner... Read More

Stage set for Australasia’s star mares to shine at the Gold Coast

Tofane and Away Game the headline acts courted by international buying cast at Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Optimism is high among traders that the booming Australian thoroughbred market will maintain the rage at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, when some of the country’s best breeding prospects will go under... Read More