The second season sires division has been a hotbed of action since the start of spring with GI winners for St Mark’s Basilica (Fr), Pinatubo (IRE) and Sword of State, three SWs for Home Affairs and an Everest runner for Stay Inside, but on the score of winners Wild Ruler sets the pace.    The […]

The $200,000 Listed ATC Sir Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday delivered a great result for B2B Thoroughbreds when their homebred Russian Revolution filly Revolina outgunned the colts to score a valuable Black Type win.    Having just her second race start and stepping straight off a maiden win at Hawkesbury over 1000m […]

There was a short priced favourite in the 3YO fillies maiden at Kyneton on Tuesday, but she will have to wait for another day to break the ice after being run down by a talented first starter by Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside.    The Waterhouse Bott trained filly Better By Far was looking to […]

A maiden going into the $250,000 Group III ATC Reginald Allen Quality (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday, Flying Artie filly Beyond the Reef emerged from the race a stakes-winner for Tricolours Racing.    Trained by John Sargent, Beyond the Reef had shown talent with placings at her first three starts, two of them this preparation […]

The $1million Listed ATC Silver Eagle (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday provided a dress rehearsal for the $10million Group I ATC Golden Eagle (1500m) in two weeks time and saw an explosive return to form for last year’s G1 Flight Stakes winner Apocalyptic.    Trained by Michael Freedman, the four year-old daughter of Extreme Choice […]

The leading sire of winners in Australia last season, Capitalist is also a firm favourite with the Hong Kong market and his stock were popular at the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale on Thursday with five selling at an average $288,000.    His best result came with a colt from Speedboat that made $500,000 for […]

Exciting young Newgate sire Wild Ruler has had a flying start to spring as the leading second season sire by winners (13) and the Group I winning son of Snitzel set a new benchmark for himself in the sale ring at Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale on Thursday when a colt from Icebomb sold for […]

Earlier this year, Australian owner breeder Matthew Sandblom sent two Australian bred 2YO fillies by Extreme Choice to be trained in France by Francis Henri Graffard and the first to race Primetime Emmy is now a Group winner, while the second made a winning debut at Chantilly overnight.    Extreme Dream was sent out favourite […]

A homebred for Belinda Bateman, blueblood three year-old I am Invincible filly Ballet D’Light made a winning debut at Rosehill on Wednesday.    Trained by Chris Waller, Ballet D’Light has been quite the work in progress with five barrier trials prior to her race day debut, the last of those a win at Rosehill on […]

Tassort’s reputation for producing commercially desirable yearlings that deliver on the racetrack continues to strengthen, with $310,000 yearling purchase Soldi becoming his fifth stakes winner following an impressive debut victory in the $200,000 Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield. Prepared by the Lindsay Park team, Soldi showed natural speed and determination to prevail by a […]