After three wins at Listed level last season, the ultimate professional Golden Archer notched his first Group success in Saturday's HDF McNeil Stakes (G3) over 1200 metres at Caulfield.
There's nothing quite like a brace of stakes-winners on the eve of a new breeding season and Vinery Stud's Testa Rossa struck gold again when the consistent gelding Testascana earned his first stakes success in Saturday's Listed National Jockeys Celebration Day Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield.
Fastnet Rock's three-year-old progeny have hit top gear with the onset of spring racing with his brilliant sons Smart Missile and Foxwedge fighting out the finish of the Group 3 Run to the Rose at Rosehill on Saturday.
Trainer Anthony Cummings and jockey Glen Boss have kicked off Saturday’s Run To The Rose meeting with a winner after Emerald Downs was in front at the right time to score in the Keune Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill.
Golden Archer, one of the most durable juveniles of last season, was back in stakes winning form at Caulfield today, leading off a stakes double for Inglis graduates at the meeting.
Zuckerberg, the colt named after the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, had the world of social media buzzing when he produced a brilliant debut win at Geelong today.
Trainer Gary Moore's rising star Trust Me Bet had no problems making it three wins from as many starts when he destroyed his opponents over 1300 metres on the all weather on Saturday.
Hundreds of breeding and racing folk are certain to flock to Scone, the thoroughbred capital of Australia, and other centers in the Upper Hunter, later this week for a mini festival showcasing the region’s involvement in the industry.
Popular trainer Ron Leemon finally might have the horse, in Manawanui, to take him to racing's elite level. The Oratorio three-year-old crushed his rivals in the Up And Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm yesterday and it is not if but when he steps up to the top level.
Beautifully bred Encosta de Lago filly Kneeling claimed the scalp of proven stakes performer Hallowell Belle to win the Listed MVRC Crockett Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.