And he probably had more to do with the training of a third, Efficient (Zabeel) than his ‘official’ trainer back in 2007 but I probably don’t need to go there again! It was, of course, a second win in the race for the very successful, in-form, affable and unassuming jockey Kerrin McEvoy. It was a... Read More

Which colt would emerge as the best of the best? The scratching of Capitalist (Written Tycoon) due to a stone bruise took out one of the stars but left to do battle were Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt), Astern (Medaglia d’Oro), labelled by trainer John O’Shea as his best ever horse, Star Turn (Star... Read More

The colt, who also took out the Champagne Stakes (Gr 2, 7f) at Doncaster last month, failed to fire when fifth behind the Aidan O’Brien-trained Churchill (Galileo) in the Dewhurst Stakes (Gr 1, 7f) at Newmarket at his last start, but he relished the step up to a mile last weekend. With a lack of... Read More

O: R J Slade, B G Mcilwaine, D Foster, Mrs B K O’casey, S O’casey, G Dubuissonperrine, O K Chan, Mrs L J Chan, J G Price, M J Davidson, A Haroon, G H Hill, S Shaw, L F Mcdonald B: Mr A Wong T: John Mcardle S: $260,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale... Read More

Seemingly invincible since winning the Sunshine Coast Guineas (Gr 3, 1600m) in May 2015, Winx’s second Cox Plate triumph was her 13th successive win and her ninth Group One victory in a 23-start career which has seen her earn $9,348,175 in prize money already. In her three lead up races this preparation, the Warwick Stakes... Read More

The dual Group One winner Palentino (Teofilo), somewhat forgotten following his Epsom Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) failure and Rebel Dane (California Dane), the deserved winner of last Friday night’s Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) are the horses in question. Rebel Dane’s name will be among the list of entries, likely to be released today, for... Read More