Tiger Roar gives Munger more hay to make
Top fancy Tiger Roar (Wandjina) handed Ryan Munger another winner yesterday, but there are only four meetings left in the Singapore season for the South African jockey to pad up his current score of 16 winners. Munger is the only expatriate jockey from the pool who remained at Kranji in this post-Circuit Breaker phase of... Read More
Dubawi’s day again as Godolphin secure 700,000gns headline act
It took a long time for the fog to lift above Park Paddocks, seemingly an appropriate meteorological metaphor to describe racing’s wider uncertainties as the statistics rumbled along beneath what would usually be expected for the premier day of foal offerings. Step forward the potent combination of two sons of Dubawi (Dubai Millennium), one of... Read More
Rawiller roars as Elite Street upsets Trekking
Godolphin sprinter fourth again in Winterbottom but Darley tastes success with son of Street Boss victorious A decision by Brad Rawiller to test the waters in Perth ahead of a full-time move to Western Australia has paid dividends at just his second weekend in the state, taking out the Winterbottom Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) on... Read More
Nomadic Nacim ‘Treks’ to Winterbottom
Godolphin’s travelling foreman has spent plenty of 2020 in quarantine but holds high hopes for today’s Perth Group 1 In a year in which normal life has come to a standstill, few people have travelled as frequently as Godolphin’s Nacim Dilmi, so perhaps it is fitting that the French expat will saddle up the aptly-named... Read More
Warrior and Zoustar to the fore as Stars shines on day two at Tattersalls
First season shuttlers Saxon Warrior (Deep Impact) and Zoustar (Northern Meteor) proved popular with buyers during the second session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale on Thursday, with both stallions returning impressive results. Coolmore resident Saxon Warrior had four colts sold for an average 100,750gns (approx. AUD$192,000), which included a 160,000gns (approx. AUD$304,000) Highclere Stud-consigned... Read More
500 at the Valley for Fownes as Moreira and Purton take three each
Explosive Witness (Star Witness) ensured Caspar Fownes’ moniker the ‘King of the Valley’ rang true at Happy Valley on Wednesday as the handler brought up a significant milestone with his 500th win at the city circuit in the Class 2 Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1000m). Fownes has the most wins at the Valley of any... Read More