Baker keen on his Missile hope Shezanalister
Buoyed by his best season yet, Bjorn Baker believes five-year-old mare Shezanalister (Star Turn) can enhance her value when black–type racing returns to Sydney in Saturday’s Missile Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick. The powerfully built chestnut steps up for her maiden attempt at black type in Sydney’s first stakes race of the season, as... Read More
‘No one got to see the best of her’
Kiwi mare Prowess sold to Australia-based interests for NZ$1.452 million Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay pushed hard to keep trans-Tasman dual Group 1-winning mare Prowess (Proisir) in New Zealand hands, but in the end they could not match the seven-figure firepower of a major international investor on Thursday. In the end, the former Roger... Read More
Some of the points raised have missed the mark
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys – along with board member Garry Charny and chief operating officer Graeme Hinton – will face plenty of scrutiny at Friday’s NSW Upper House Select Committee hearing into the floated sale and redevelopment of Rosehill racecourse. And rightly so, particularly when it comes to the transparency of Racing NSW’s... Read More
Daggers (AUS)
Daggers (AUS) 3 c I Am Invincible – Omei Sword by High Chaparral O: A Kheir, J A O’Neill, S A Lewin, C Schembri, M A Slack-Smith, M Psaltis, Carty Racing, Busuttin Racing, Cunningham Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, A K Racing, J A K Racing & A M & B S Racing B: Arrowfield Pastoral Pty... Read More
I Am Famous
She may have a boy’s name – and not a real boy at that – but in terms of being a wonderful broodmare, Pinocchio (Encosta De Lago) appears to have proven herself the genuine article once again. The grey mare might also have a quite particular taste in stallions, and had an ordinary track record... Read More
V’landys and McGauran to front Friday’s Rosehill hearing
Waller also among industry heavyweights to face Upper House Select Committee Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys will front Friday’s second day of hearings into the state government Upper House inquiry into the proposed sale and development of Rosehill racecourse. The ten-person Select Committee, which first sat on July 22 when trainers Gai Waterhouse and... Read More