Two-Year-Olds The Michael Bell-trained Main Desire (2 f ex Purple Glow by Orientate) ran out a brave winner of the Marygate Fillies’ Stakes (Listed, 5f) at York on Friday and in the process provided her late sire High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) with his 100th stakes winner. The two-year-old filly, who broke the two-year-old track record... Read More

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the various intelligence tests. Best known would be that associated with Mensa. Following is the link to its test. I’m going to try it tonight over a glass of wine. You? https://www.mensaiqtest.net Of course, I’m going to risk being monumentally embarrassed. That’s about 2-1 on. But that’s OK because... Read More

Jockey Corey Brown had Sense Of Occasion well back for most of the race before bringing him down the outside with a powerful burst in the home straight to defeat Star Exhibit (Statue Of Liberty) by a length and a quarter with Rudy (Red Dazzler) another short neck away in third place. Race time was... Read More

Sam Clipperton, at just 23, has done extraordinarily well in his first season in one of the world’s toughest riding environments. He’s in contention to finish third on the jockey’s table – a mini premiership in itself given that nobody will finish within cooee of Joao Moreira and Zac Purton as was also the case... Read More

O: F Cook, Mrs C Cook, J Simmons, Ms S Fitzgerald, R Canceri, Mrs J Canceri, S Saric, Mrs J Saric, K Warriner, I Bruce, J Lake, B Pang & Dr A Pang B: Mr G Harvey T: Chris Waller S: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale 2016 V: Baramul Stud $420,000 P: Chris Waller... Read More

Having only his sixth race start, France settled in last place from his difficult barrier (13) and after going widest of all on straightening, he showed a great turn of foot in the straight to score a late-closing short head win over the dual Group One winning colt Prized Icon (More Than Ready). France was... Read More