By under-rated sire Cosmic Force from the famed ‘Discreet’ family promising filly Shystar enjoyed a lucrative pay day on Saturday when taking out the $250,000 Emerging Stars Final (1400m) at Ballarat. Trained by Phillip Stokes and ridden by Lachlan Neindorf, Shystar broke her maiden last start at Geelong and then took a leap forward here […]

The $1.5million Group I WATC Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday delivered a second Group I winner for Russian Revolution and it came in the shape of his high class five year-old son Libertad. Trained by Annabel and Rob Archibald, Libertad won the Group II BRC Victory Stakes in Brisbane back in […]

Encouraging Saturday results for our young gun sires Wild Ruler and Tiger of Malay with a first stakes horse for the former and very nearly a Saturday metro winner for the latter.   Phillip Stokes and Lachlan Nenidorf combined with Wild Ruler colt Stretan Ruler in the Listed MRC Merson Cooper Stakes at Caulfield, where […]

A $575,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Newgate Farm for PR Funds, Snitzel gelding Yorskhire has been a work in progress for quite some time, but the five year-old finally translated talent into a Black Type victory when taking out the $250,000 Group III ATC Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Trained by John O’She and Tom […]

The standalone Newcastle meeting on Saturday kicked off with the $160,000 Max Lees Classic (900m) for the juveniles and it had a short priced favourite in Russian Revolution colt Seeiaye, who got the job done in style. Facing a field of unraced youngsters, the Peter Snowden trained Seeiaye had shown good ability in his two […]

Capitalist is a sire on fire with 10 winners in the past seven days and 31 in the past 30 and adding her name to the list at Caulfield on Wednesday was promising three year-old filly Espana. Trained by Lloyd Kennewell and ridden by Logan Bates, Espana started favourite and duly scored by more than […]

Newgate Farm’s Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside posted his third winner on Sunday with a debut victory for Lassified in New Zealand. Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman and jockey Craig Grylls proved a potent combination at Tauherenikau on Sunday, claiming three of the nine races across the afternoon. Both were coming off the back of […]

Second in the Group I ATC Flight Stakes last season and fourth in both the Group I VRC Oaks and ATC Spring Champion Stakes, four year-old Brutal mare Harlem Queen has always promised to win a stakes race and got the job done in the Listed Ladies Day Cup (1500m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday. Trained […]

Promising Russian Revolution filly Long Legs was well placed at Rosehill on Wednesday to break the ice in a $100,000 Super Maiden at just her third start. Trained by Gary Portelli and ridden by Anna Roper, Long Legs quickly found the front from a wide gate and took control of proceedings. Appearing to appreciate the […]

The Mark Newnham stable has been on fire in Hong Kong since the start of the new season and the former Sydney trainer produced a super promising winner at Sha Tin on Sunday by Capitalist that did everything wrong and miraculously still won the race!   Three year-old gelding Ever Luck was a hot favourite […]