“The” Connection
The ownership trio of Bourke, Bourke and Piercy may race their charges in yellow and black but the colour purple might be more appropriate after a memorable week. One Bold Cat (The Bold One) saluted in the postponed and transferred Arrowfield Stud Plate (Gr 1, 1600m) last Wednesday, providing more than enough for the ownership... Read More
Aussies set for busy Tattersalls October Yearling Sale
Book 1 of world-renowned sale to start on Tuesday in Newmarket ll eyes will be on Newmarket this week as Tattersalls, the world’s oldest thoroughbred auction house, hosts the globally-renowned October Yearling Sale. The event may be taking place in Britain but there is plenty of interest from a southern hemisphere perspective, with Australians set... Read More
SACRE BLEU!
Juddmonte’s Bluestocking careers away to famous Arc victory Ralph Beckett cut an ecstatic figure at Longchamp on Sunday as he witnessed his four-year-old filly Bluestocking (4 f Camelot – Emulous by Dansili) land France’s most prestigious race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m). Having gone close in the previous two editions with... Read More
Prix Daniel Wildenstein winner Ramadan tops Arc Sale at €1.5 million
A quartet of high-class racing prospects who have international targets on their agenda starred at Arqana’s sale on the eve of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m), the most glittering and consequential of weekends for French racing. Fresh from his victory in the Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Gr 2, 1600m) at Longchamp, Ramadan... Read More
‘I really believe in this horse’
Vinery predicting big things from Ole Kirk after his first runners make explosive start Vinery Stud believe they are sitting on a volcano named Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) after a start to siring life that has them feeling validated in what they saw in the stallion, delighted with the present and bubbling with enough excitement... Read More
Frankie Lor breaks through with Sha Tin double
Winless after eight meetings, Frankie Lor’s stable cranked into top gear at Sha Tin on Sunday with a double crowned by Sword Point’s (American Pharoah) brilliant win in the Class 2 Nam Long Shan Handicap (1650m, dirt). Champion trainer in 2021/22, Lor slotted his first winner of the season when the unraced gelding Master Trillion... Read More