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The 2020 Inglis Ready2Race Sale will feature 226 2YO’s from highly diversified drafts, comprising progeny from Australia and New Zealand’s leading stallions. An outstanding group of horse people will be preparing juveniles for the sale including the likes of Blake Ryan, Damian Lane, Jean Dubois, Will Forrester, Matt Vella, Michael Hickmott, Mel O’Gorman, Tal and Shaun Nolen, Frankie Stockdale, De ...
Co-trainer Sam Freedman sees little similarities with last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare in Warning’s build-up to his big spring assignments. Warning and Vow And Declare are both sons of the Declaration Of War and both relish the wide-open spaces of the Flemington circuit. Vow And Declare burst into Caulfield and Melbourne Cup calculations with a solid first-up fourth in the Turnbul ...
Although this year's official Breeders' Cup qualifiers are over, providing free, automatic entry in those races, at least a couple of potential Breeders' Cup starters are still racing this weekend at Keeneland. Graded stakes winners Venetian Harbor and Four Graces lead a field of 10 sophomore fillies Oct. 17 in the $200,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes at the Lexington track, where a good effort from o ...
A delighted Daniel Nakhle and Darren Brady are reaching for the stallion register tonight before popping corks, having managed to ward off strong international competition to buy out shareholders in Spanish Whisper (Lope De Vega) for an online record-setting AU$1,202,500. Originally raced in New Zealand by Daniel with co-breeders Elias Nakhle and Darren Brady, Spanish Whisper won the Gr.2 Matamat ...
Five-time Group One winning Santa Ana Lane, owned by high profile owner Rupert Legh has been confirmed as a contender in The Everest for Coolmore. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained star is all set to resume in Saturday’s Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington Santa Ana Lane was runner up in last year’s Everest behind Yes Yes Yes, and was also second behind Nature strip in the Group 1 TJ S ...
With aspirations of maiden wins in the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, Hugh Bowman will make an early move to Melbourne. Speaking on Monday's episode of After The Last, Bowman confirmed that he would ride at Randwick on Saturday before heading to Melbourne and completing a mandatory quarantine period in order to ride King's Legacy in the Caulfield Guineas. The move means Bowman will relinquish t ...
Queensland star Rothfire is out of The Everest and could need a year or more off racing after fracturing his sesamoid bone in Gr.1 Golden Rose. His future in racing will have to be assessed after his lengthy convalescence. The details are unclear but the son of Rothesay may require surgery. Rothfire was slated to represent the miRunners in the upcoming 2020 The Everest. They will now need to find ...
Top jockeys such as Hugh Bowman, Kerrin McEvoy, and James McDonald will now be able to ride in The Everest, travel by private vehicle to Victoria the next day and after five days of self-isolation at an approved location as well as providing a negative COVID-19 test, they will be able to ride at The Valley on Manikato Stakes Night and Cox Plate Day. They would also be cleared to ride at Flemingto ...
Lightly raced Alfa Oro has given his trainer, Matt Laurie high hopes of contesting and winning the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes. The 5YO son of Bachelor recently won the Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge (955m)under Ben Melham in a time of 55.90. The victory was his fifth in succession and Laurie confirmed it had earned him a crack in Stakes grade, with the Gr.1 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) or Gr.2 Caulfield Sta ...
Pippie's confirmed his status as one of the fastest horses in the world when the star Mornington mare won the much-contested Gr.1 Moir Stakes. The Oakleigh Plate winner burst out of the barriers in her trademark style and, without any urging from jockey Damian Lane, was able to comfortably lead her rivals around The Valley. A lightning 10.56 second split between the 800m and 600m paved the way fo ...