Three for Winning Rupert
New first season sire winners Winning Rupert Keith (2 c ex Tweet by Magic Albert), who won his first start at Canberra on Wednesday, became his Newgate Farm-based first season sire Winning Rupert’s (Written Tycoon) third first crop juvenile winner. The Bjorn Baker-trained Keith, who was purchased for $90,000 by his trainer and agent Jim... Read More
Amarelinha’s Oaks win has Chittick jumping for joy
With her strong victory in Saturday’s New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m), inventively named Amarelinha (Savabeel) not only wrapped up the coveted New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of Year title but also ensured that the Savabeel (Zabeel)-Waikato Stud roadshow continues. Amarelinha in Portuguese means hopscotch, the name given to her dam Hopscotch (O’Reilly) and in adding... Read More
Start of European Flat season offers first glimpse of shuttlers’ offspring
Trainer Fahey impressed by stock of freshman sires Saturday’s Lincoln (1m) meeting at Doncaster marks the beginning in earnest of the new European Flat turf season, a period during which the industry will have a first on-track glimpse of several runners by first season stallions who have shuttled to the southern hemisphere, with their first... Read More
Fownes and Moreira lift the Hong Kong Derby with Sky Darci
An inspired Caspar Fownes training performance, crowned by a supreme Joao Moreira ride, allowed Sky Darci (Darci Brahma) to overcome serious stamina doubts while delivering dramatic Hong Kong Derby (Listed, 2000m) success at Sha Tin yesterday. The gelding was plucked from New Zealand’s Highden Park as a PPG (Privately Purchased Griffin), joining the Fownes stable... Read More
Miraculous escape for Wauchope trainer’s breeding and racing stock
Wauchope trainer Colt Prosser was lucky to save some of his racing and breeding stock yesterday as record high flood waters engulfed his property in the Mid-North Coast region of NSW. With a short break in the relentless rain, Prosser was able to access his farm and called on friends and staff to mount an... Read More
Coolmore to shuttle Europe’s unlikely wonder stallion Wootton Bassett
Remarkable sire son of Iffraaj, whose first crop included Champion Almanzor, to make Jerrys Plains home in 2021 Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), who defied his minnow start at stud in France to become one of Europe’s most sought after proven stallions, will shuttle to Australia later this year, less than 12 months after coming under the... Read More