Bell River Thoroughbreds received an instant and substantial dividend from a bold call not to sell when their royally bred filly Bel Merci (Extreme Choice) took out the Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Randwick. The 11th foal out of the Group 1-winning sprinter Bel Mer (Bel Esprit), and by the sensational Extreme Choice (Not... Read More

Tremonti (Hellbent) kept the Tulloch Lodge two-year-old roll going and became the sixth black–type winner for his Yarraman Park sire in taking Saturday’s Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Flemington. Starting a $4.20 second elect, the Darby Racing colt was an early leader along the fence from gate one of seven under Jye McNeil, and... Read More

Heartache turned to joy for Arrowfield Stud, Hermitage Thoroughbreds and Chris Waller when Lady Shenandoah (Snitzel) coasted away with Saturday’s Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Randwick. Only a day earlier, the combination had been shattered by bleak news surrounding their unbeaten star Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun). Bred by Newhaven Park, trained by Waller,... Read More

Waterhouse and Bott to launch strong assault on Sydney’s first juvenile races of the season  Tulloch Lodge trained the trifecta in last year’s Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) and they may just do it again – if not the first four – as they debut what Gai Waterhouse believes is another “outstanding” batch of two-year-olds... Read More

TRAINER: C Maher RACE: Gimcrack Stakes (Group 2, 1000m) I was thoroughly impressed with this daughter of Blue Point (IRE) (Shamardal) at the first official Sydney trials back on September 23rd. She sat off the front runners and was even wide at stages for the first 600m. The main factor that impressed me was her... Read More

3 g Yes Yes Yes – Money Magic by So You Think O: Triple Crown Syndications, K and AJB Racing, G B Clark, J C Williams, Ms J H Gibson, Ms N Ghazaleh, R G Whalley, M Young, P J Keys, B M Fallon, Tornbos Holdings Pty Ltd, B Elliott, A G Smith, P J... Read More