Tassort on top after Manaal flies home

Sires’ Produce Stakes win a huge boost for Newgate Farm’s first-season sire  Young stallion Tassort’s (Brazen Beau) outstanding start to his stud career received Group 1 affirmation when Emirates Park’s exciting homebred Manaal flew home to win a thrilling Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. Jumping from the outside gate of... Read More

Lightning strikes at Randwick for dynamic duo

The dynamic duo of trainer Peter Moody and owner-breeder Stuart Ramsey had a shot at the stumps and struck again when tough mare Chain Of Lightning (Fighting Sun) became her late sire’s first elite-level winner with a fighting – and very timely – victory in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m). Moody and co-trainer... Read More

Move To Strike scores in Sires’ Produce Stakes

Te Akau Racing produced the goods once again in a major two-year-old event when the highly touted Move To Strike (I Am Invincible) came with a powerful late burst to capture Saturday’s Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Trentham. The son of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), who was purchased by Te Akau Racing... Read More

Top end of the market set to maintain momentum at Easter

Big wet won’t stop Inglis’ premium offering with star colts and elite fillies Inglis has contingency plans in place if Sydney’s heavy rain impacts its Australian Easter Yearling Sale, with the predicted downpour also threatening Saturday’s opening The Championships race meeting at Randwick. The Bureau of Meteorology are predicting up to 300 millimetres of rain... Read More

Froebel Star (AUS)

Froebel Star (AUS) 2 f Zousain – Germayne Lass by Stromberg Carlson O: CMR Ladies, Ms H Wall, Mrs C M Mayne, Miss E Palmer, Mrs KL Thompson, Mrs R Langley, Ms JW Dingwall, Mrs RM Tchetchenian, Mrs LM Sewgoolam & Mrs DA Bourne B: BM Nolan T: Ciaron Maher S: 2023 Magic Millions Gold... Read More

‘If you wanted racing to boom, you’d put the best CEOs that they could afford’

If we needed a reminder about how important it is to keep the government onside when it comes to horse racing and gambling, the closure of the sport in Macau and the impending demise of Singapore certainly provides it. Decorated Kiwi trainer Stephen Gray and his wife Bridget, who experienced a “life-changing” 24 years running... Read More