Unbeaten Caravaggio May Run In The Everest
The grey colt beat the Godolphin pair Harry Angel (Dark Angel) and Blue Point (Shamardal) by three quarters of a length and a half length to register a time of 1:13.49 on a track rated good to firm. It is now likely that Caravaggio will travel to Sydney to contest the inaugural running of the... Read More
Steve looks at Woodside Park Stud’s newest shuttler Cable Bay
The son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert), shuttling between Woodside in Tylden and Highclere Stud in the UK, has already created quite a buzz and an extraordinary response from breeders. “It’s been phenomenal really,” says Woodside bloodstock and sales manager Matt Tillett. “Nine out of every ten phone calls I receive are inquiries about Cable... Read More
Steve ponders the week of Royal Ascot and today’s racing
Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) is unlikely to be here I fancy; the weights and tyranny of distance considered. She is yet to be genuinely proven at 1200 metres (her one win at the distance came in a very soft race at Deauville against four others) and she beat up on average UK sprinters in the... Read More
Overshare (AUS)
After finishing fourth in the Blue Diamond Preview (Listed, 1000m) and fifth in the Blue Diamond Prelude (Gr 3, 1100m) at Caulfield earlier in the year at his only two prior starts, Overshare resumed with a good first up win this preparation. He broke well from barrier five under Tommy Berry, showing good early... Read More
Scales Of Justice Looks Primed For Eastern States Eastern States Campaign
The 2016 Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Scales Of Justice (Not A Single Doubt) has returned to racing in Western Australia in top form, his win in Saturday’s Hyperion Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m) again showing the Perth star is well capable of being effective against Eastern States opposition. Having his second start back since... Read More
Unforgetable Filly Lands Dusseldorf Wempe
The two-year-old colt, who was purchased by Fahey for 72,000gns at Book Two of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2016 from the Bearstone Stud draft, showed a smart turn of foot to beat Arbalet (Dark Angel) by a length and a half, with just a head back to Astraea (Cityscape) in third place. Fahey... Read More