Beauty Generation bosses Chairman’s Trophy, Voyage Warrior causes Sprint Cup upset
Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) brushed aside the younger challenger and shrugged off old rivals to win the Chairman’s Trophy (Gr 2, 1600m) at Sha Tin yesterday, setting up the prospect of an unprecedented third victory in the G1 FWD Champions Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at the end of the month. The New Zealand-bred... Read More
G1G Racing and Breeding seeking Diamonds at Easter sale
Prominent owner believes colts syndicates will make their presence felt at virtual auction One of the key backers of Australia’s most successful colts syndicates expects agent James Harron and the China Horse Club-Newgate operation to make the most of a potentially depressed Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale market this week. Gary Diamond, still on a... Read More
Sprint Cup at Sha Tin to throw up Inglis Easter pointers
Two of the leading protagonists in today’s Sprint Cup (Gr 2, 1200m) at Sha Tin have a last-minute opportunity to bolster the pedigrees of their yearling half-brothers, with both set for the virtual Inglis Easter sales ring in the coming days. Aethero (Sebring) and Hot King Prawn (Denman) are likely to head the market in... Read More
King Redoute’s Legacy lives on in Inglis Sires’
Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) may have died just over a year ago but he continues to leave his mark on the Australian racing industry, landing the quinella with King’s Legacy and Prague in yesterday’s Inglis Sires’ (Registered as ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes) (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team looked to... Read More
Australia unlikely to see Lope de Vega again but Ballylinch Stud welcome our mares to visit him in Ireland
Ballylinch Stud’s former shuttler Lope de Vega (Shamardal) may have only spent four seasons standing in Australia be he has undoubtedly left some remarkable progeny behind. From his four crops Down Under, he produced Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) winner Gytrash, dual Group 1 scorer Vega Magic and last year’s Champion Sprinter in... Read More
Teetan bags three at Sha Tin as ‘closers’ dominate
It was a night for late-closers at Sha Tin on Wednesday and Mongolian King (Sufficient) maintained that trend to the last with a powerful late charge in the final race that sealed a worthy treble for jockey Karis Teetan. With Joao Moreira and Zac Purton perennially locked into the top two spots in the Hong... Read More