Karaka vendors watching action on both sides of the Tasman with interest
The Australian-bred but yearling Karaka-sold four-year-old, by Foxwedge, looks eminently backable at $4 given that she’s unbeaten in seven starts on good to dead ground up to 1600 metres. She’ll be ridden, of course, by Aussie Jake Bayliss, who went to New Zealand on the recommendation of trainer Mike Moroney, whose former training partner Graham... Read More
Hectic early tempo made Magic Millions 2YO Classic a very testing race
Much has already been written about jockey Matthew McGillivray’s cavalier attempt to abruptly take the speedy Ef Troop (Spirit Of Boom) across the field from his wide barrier (13) to lead, causing severe interference to a number of runners which resulted in a one month suspension for careless riding. When Ef Troop did find the... Read More
Twilight Song (AUS)
O: G Harvey T: D & B Hayes & T Dabernig B: G Harvey W: Ladbrokes Cash In Maiden, 1100m, Caulfield, 17 January The Lindsay Park-trained and Gerry Harvey-raced filly Twilight Song (Fastnet Rock) produced a highly promising effort in winning over 1100 metres on her debut at Caulfield on Thursday evening. The three-year-old... Read More
Every racehorse trainer in the land, it seems, has been tarred by the same defamatory brush in the wake of impending and recent prosecutions
There were 3,342 registered trainers responsible for 182,868 starters and who dealt with 79,631 individual owners and 28,903 syndicate members. Only a handful were charged with any serious offence. Only a small percentage of those starters queried. I’m (getting) old and grumpier and just about everything pisses me off these days bar travel (as you... Read More
Brilliant display by Sunlight in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic
Sunlight is as mentally tough as she is brilliant, surviving the early scrimmage which wiped out the well–fancied Jonker (Spirit Of Boom) to run past leader Ef Troop (Spirit Of Boom) in the straight and then be able to hold off the fast finishing Fullazaboot (Sepoy) to win by two lengths with Outback Barbie (Spirit... Read More
Recalling the early history of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic
His subsequent deeds on the track and at stud earned him recognition which has, of course, this year been acknowledged with the running of the inaugural Snippets on the Magic Millions program. Similarly, the very first Golden Slipper Stakes exactly 30 years earlier produced an equally iconic winner in Todman, who would later sire... Read More