4 g Savabeel – Pander by O’Reilly O: Ballymore Stables (Aust) Pty Ltd (Mgr: M D Moroney), R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: R P Legh) & M B Lee B: Bloomsbury Stud T: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson S: 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Sledmere Stud P: P Moroney /... Read More

Shangri La Express (Rosehill, R7, #1) TRAINER: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott RACE: Up And Coming Stakes (Gr 3, 1300m) After coming off the boil in the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), Shangri La Express (Alabama Express) is arguably the forgotten colt who could be the surprise packet of the spring. It was an encouraging... Read More

Breeding on a small scale is not for the faint hearted. There are long, hard hours, high expenses and disappointment is never far away. But on day one of the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale on Tuesday the Knox family received the sort of result that not only makes the hardship seem worthwhile but might... Read More

As the old saying goes, you love it when a plan comes together. But when a gamble pays off, it’s surely ten times better. Emirates Park’s Bryan Carlson took a sizeable punt to seal a stallion deal on Tassort (Brazen Beau) after he’d had only two starts. Plenty of stallions have plenty more runs, mostly... Read More

Racing Victoria’s (RV) new CEO Aaron Morrison and his Racing NSW counterpart Peter V’landys addressed the Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Japan on Wednesday, vowing to work together to combat the sport’s challenges. Morrison said RV is now working hard to make sure Racing Australia is more ‘effective as an advocate’, while V’landys said both... Read More

Widden Stud are the latest operation to have bought into the Bennett Racing-owned Group 1 winner Southport Tycoon (Written Tycoon). The Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m)-winning colt returned last weekend with a fifth-placed effort behind The Everest (1200m)-bound Joliestar (Zoustar) in the Show County Quality (Gr 3, 1200m) at Randwick. Trained by Ciaron Maher, Southport... Read More