HOT PROPERTY!
Darley’s star shuttler Too Darn Hot set to be in strong demand at Inglis’ Great Southern Sale As the name suggests, there are few stallions burning brighter at present than Darley’s star shuttler Too Darn Hot (Dubawi), and he is set to be in strong demand at the Inglis Great Southern Sale in Melbourne this... Read More
Churchill writing his own history around the world
Coolmore’s shuttler and barnmate Pride Of Dubai enjoying uplift with on-track performances Coolmore Stud is preparing for a boom spring for sires Churchill (Galileo) and Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry), whose slight fee drops have coincided neatly with a surge in results on the track. Churchill will stand his seventh shuttle season at Jerrys Plains... Read More
Class and courage
Class was apparent in the $500,000 Magic Millions Classic (1600m) and despite not being a black-type race, it was a treat to see La Crique (Vadamos) achieve her maiden win in Australia at her second attempt. Expectations of La Crique were high when she lined up in the 2022 Empire Rose Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m)... Read More
Smashing Time vying for Group 1 glory in JJ Atkins
Brave Smash’s talented juvenile gelding will bid to become the Yarraman Park-based sire’s first elite-level winner Trainer Rob Price has a growing confidence that bolt-from-the-blue gelding Smashing Time (Brave Smash) can provide his sire’s first Group 1 and launch his stable’s union with Australian Bloodstock in stellar style in Saturday’s JJ Atkins (Gr 1, 1600m).... Read More
Socks Nation delivers knockout blow in shock Queensland Oaks win
Daughter of Sioux Nation becomes first elite-level winner for former shuttler as she scores at 100-1 Coolmore’s one-season shuttler Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) sired his first Group 1 winner worldwide and it came ten thousand miles from his Ireland home, at Eagle Farm in Brisbane, and it started at 100-1. She may even have been... Read More
La Crique impresses in Magic Millions National Classic
Outstanding New Zealand mare La Crique (Vadamos) continued making up for lost time as she took her earnings past $1 million with an imperious victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm. The five-year-old has taken a circuitous route to seven figures. She was hailed a superstar after winning six of... Read More