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After taking her native Tasmania by storm, Toronado (High Chaparral) 4YO Still A Star conquered her first stakes race in Melbourne, as the Gr.3 winner followed up her runner-up effort in the Victoria Handicap with victory in the Anniversary Vase (Listed, 1400m). The victory is a poignant one for her trainer Bill Ryan, as the 73YO continues to battle health problems. Still A Star hugged the rails ...
Little Avondale Stud has donated a service to their popular stallion Per Incanto (Street Cry) to be auctioned at the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame induction evening at Sky City Hamilton on May 2. The value of that highlight lot was boosted last weekend when the farm’s Roch ’N’ Horse became the sire’s 19th individual stakes winner in the Power Turf Sprint (Listed, 1200m). Roch ‘N’ Horse is one o ...
Trainer Takayuki Yasuda has sounded an ominous warning ahead of Sunday’s Chairman’s Sprint Prize (Gr 1, 1200m) after Danon Smash (Lord Kanaloa) drew gate five at yesterday’s barrier draw, comparing the 6YO to his exceptional sire. “Last December I honestly thought Danon Smash was not equal to the level of Lord Kanaloa at that stage, but after winning that race, he improved a lot. I think Danon Sm ...
A 26 kilogram chocolate Easter egg has gone under the hammer and raised $30,000 for Liverpool Hospital’s Paediatric Unit. The giant egg was auctioned off by Inglis at an event promoting the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale in April, with donor Geoff Grimish OAM making the winning bid and also donating the giant Lindt chocolate egg to the hospital. South Western Sydney Local Health District chief execu ...
The Cornerstone Stud Annual Unreserved Reduction Sale will see Magic Millions Online offer a selection of the South Australian farm’s stock, between May 3 and May 5. The sale of 43 lots features 13 weanlings, seven yearlings and 23 broodmares without reserve and follows the success of last year’s inaugural online reduction sale. The sale features eight weanlings by resident Sir Prancealot (Tamayu ...
Keeping Australia’s champion sire Snitzel at a fee of $165,000 - he stood for $220,000 in 2019 and 2020 - was the cause of much debate in the Arrowfield Stud office in recent weeks, but again Messara was keen to maintain a conservative approach with the farm’s roster. This season, Snitzel has sired ten stakes winners and had star New Zealand Gr.1-winning 2YO colt Sword Of State, Saturday’s Arrowf ...
Emerging Japanese sire Maurice (Screen Hero) and Gr.1-winning companion Admire Mars (Daiwa Major) will shuttle to Australia later this year as Arrowfield Stud returns to the Land of the Rising Sun in search of the magic outcross stallion for the country’s Danehill- (Danzig) dominated broodmare population. Arrowfield Stud yesterday confirmed that Maurice, whose first southern hemispherebred 2YO cr ...
Widden Stud Victoria launched officially with an open day at the Romsey farm on Sunday featuring a parade of stallions including newcomers Russian Camelot (IRE) and Doubtland as well as proven Group I sires Nicconi and Star Witness, who have transferred from the Hunter Valley. Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien put the polish on former Champion Two and Three Year Old Star Witness, who ha ...
Breeders that go to Written Tycoon this spring at his new home at Yulong Stud may reap the rewards for years to come from his one-year stint at Arrowfield Stud in the Hunter Valley. Priced at $77,000 last year, Written Tycoon covered 199 mares from some of the best breeders in the country, which has been the case for a number of seasons now with owners of elite mares happy to send them to Victori ...
Auraria Stakes winner Tyche Goddess is set to follow on the traditional path to the $500,000 G1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on May 1 after her winning performance on Saturday. The last horse to complete the double was Sopressa in 2018 and despite scoring at bolters odds, co-trainer Natalie Young is confident it was no flash in the pan performance. Her co-trainer confessed despite t ...