Stephen Theodore loves a road trip. And he's fairly keen on a sip. When he secured a yearling he thought could be a star last year, he had a ready-made name - Crack A Roadie.
Those following the Dubai Racing Carnival on Thursday got to witness a big Australian victory delivered by Flying Spur four year-old Mushreq in the Group II Al Fahadi Fort.
Unbeaten champion Black Caviar’s place in the nation’s sporting history has been officially cemented with her induction this evening into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Barriers were drawn for Saturday’s 2013 Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes at a function in the ‘Connections’ Owners’ Pavilion at Caulfield Racecourse today.
Buyers at the upcoming Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale in two weeks’ time are going to be afforded even more opportunities to win big in the ownership stakes, with confirmation that over 430 yearlings catalogued for the Victorian sale are Super VOBIS qualified.
With 22 wins from 22 starts, including 12 at Group 1 level, it was hard to imagine Black Caviar eclipsing her previous feats. But the great mare went to another level again on Saturday, breaking Special’s 25 year-old 1000m track record at Flemington when winning the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes.
Scone, an Upper Hunter town of less than 5000 people, but one recognised as where the racing and breeding industries meet, is poised to stage what challenges as the world's richest, biggest and most glamorous country Cup carnival.
Inglis will be throwing open the gates at their Newmarket complex on Sunday 5 May for a new Syndication Open Day where prospective investors can view a parade of newly acquired yearlings that are being offered for syndication.
The Bjorn Baker purchased and trained filly Twilight Royale took her earnings to almost eight times her yearling sale purchase price when winning the $250,000 Inglis Premier over 1200m at Mornington on Wednesday.
The benefits of Victoria’s lucrative new breeding and racing incentive scheme, VOBIS Gold, are already being shown with a significant spike in nominations for its mother scheme, Super VOBIS.
Australia’s top rated three-year-old colt All Too Hard collected another Group 1 victory at Caulfield on Saturday, adding the weight-for-age C.F. Orr Stakes over 1400m to his Caulfield Guineas win earlier this season.
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