New winners Criterion – Former Newgate resident Criterion (Sebring) sired his second first-crop winner on Wednesday as the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Yardstick (2 c ex Exceleine by Exceed and Excel) took out the Sky Racing Active Maiden 2YO Plate (1100m) on debut at Canterbury. Further down the page is pensioned stallion Domesday (Red... Read More

Brazilian jockey Fausto Henrique is enjoying his best season in Macau and moved closer to securing second spot in the Jockeys’ Championship with a treble on Friday nights sand card. Henrique was in hot form and kicked the night off with a win on the Wayne Smith trained Pursuing Eagle (Holy Roman Emperor) in the... Read More

Three-time Group 1 winner sets new benchmark at $4.2 million while three others also reach seven figures By Tim Rowe on the Gold Coast Sunlight, a star on the track who was instrumental in launching her sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor) and been a life-changer for many of her all-female syndicate, yesterday set a new Magic... Read More

A Group 1 that should have been run two months earlier, a mare who was supposed to be in the breeding shed, an absent trainer and a jockey making the most of another Covid-19-inspired opportunity. The 2020 Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr 1, 1m 2f) was unconventional in many respects, although not in its outcome. Magical... Read More

Churchill (Smart Missile) gave his Singapore Derby (Listed, 1800m) aspirations no harm with a display of outstanding resilience in yesterday’s $70,000 Class 3 Division 1 race over 1200 metres. That second Kranji win was highly reminiscent of his maiden win in a Class 4 event over 1400 metres second-up on February 28. That night, from... Read More

Star of the track to light up the Magic Millions ring on day one of National Sale Sunlight (Zoustar) could prove to be the most desirable and expensive mare to head to a southern hemisphere public auction in more than a decade with the three-time Group 1 winner considered a chance to crack the $3... Read More