The big, handsome chestnut colt was unfazed by the sloppy dirt tracks encountered in both Classics and will bid to complete the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes (Gr 1, 12f) in New York on 9 June, a feat last achieved by Coolmore’s American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) in 2015. Justify is the seventh horse... Read More

Calls for the four-year-old to line up in the second running of the highly-lucrative prize were first floated by Damion Flower, who is one of one of the nine remaining slot holders for the race, during a radio interview earlier in the month. While connections of the Godolphin-owned colt have made no suggestion either way... Read More

However that view is wrong. There were several excellent presentations at this week’s conference and I can parochially note that two of the most engaging were from Australians – demographer Bernard Salt and academic and lawyer Stacey Steele. Neither, of course, specialises in horse racing and the ‘outside’ perspective – which was also offered by... Read More

With a record of 12 starts for eight wins and four seconds since finishing eighth in the A J Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) at Moonee Valley on 30 September 2016, it was hardly surprising that Redzel went out a firm favourite to win his second successive Doomben 10,000 on Saturday. All was going well... Read More

Promising three-year-old Duality (Toorak Toff) followed up his second on debut in a 3YO Maiden (1225m) at Geelong on 29 April with an eye-catching win at Sandown Hillside on Wednesday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained gelding showed good pace from his wide barrier in 14 under jockey Stephen Baster and he was soon able... Read More

Newhaven Park Stud’s English (Encosta de Lago), still racing as a rising six-year-old, is another exception to the rule, the decision to keep her going well justified by her victory in last Saturday’s $700,000 Doomben 10,000 (Gr 1, 1200m) in which she produced a strong finishing sprint to defeat the somewhat unlucky, stud-bound Impending (Lonhro)... Read More