Twilight Payment
It can take a lifetime to win a Melbourne Cup, and then they come along all at once. Teofilo, the seemingly unstoppable son of Galileo, deepened his growing impact on world racing when Twilight Payment earned his sire a second Cup victory in three years on Tuesday, after the win of Cross Counter in 2018. ... Read More
Kings Shield dominates with Dubai on the radar
Kings Shield (Scat Daddy) put his rivals to the sword with an authoritative win in the Class 2 Hebe Hill Handicap (1650m) at Sha Tin yesterday. The former British-trained import has developed into a force to be reckoned with on the dirt in Hong Kong and this latest win, his third over the course and... Read More
We moved heaven and earth to have international Cup runners – and now we are paying the price
So the rot or the rout, depending on your point of view, continued yesterday with Twilight Payment (Teofilo) taking the Cup. It began in 1993 when Irishmen Dermot Weld and Mick Kinane turned up with a hurdler Vintage Crop (Roussillon), who hadn’t raced since September, and turned the Melbourne Cup upside down. It precipitated such... Read More
Twilight Payment captures Melbourne Cup as McNeil sparkles
Second O’Brien father-son quinella marred by fatal injury to Derby winner as McEvoy cops record whip fine Joseph O’Brien led home his father Aidan in the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) for the second time in four years yesterday as Twilight Payment (Teofilo) held off Tiger Moth (Galileo) under a sensational Jye McNeil ride, giving... Read More
Eight for Scissor Kick
New first season sire winners Scissor Kick Skycutter (2 g ex Skysweeper by Hurricane Run) brought up the eighth individual winner for first season sire Scissor Kick (Redoute’s Choice) when landing a maiden over 2000 metres at Compiegne on Tuesday. The Jo Hughes-trained gelding came within a length of breaking his maiden at Fontainebleau less... Read More
Coolmore’s Royal Ascot hero Choisir pensioned
Australia’s trailblazing sprinter and Coolmore stallion Choisir (Danehill Dancer) has been pensioned after a 17-year career in the breeding shed, it was announced yesterday. On the eve of Australia’s most prolific international race in which raiders from abroad, particularly Europe, swoop in to try and take local riches, it was the first horse to reverse... Read More