There were emotional scenes at Riverside today as the Tyreel Stud team watched one of their favourite fillies Coco Sun (The Autumn Sun) win the G1 South Australian Derby at Morphettville.
A $10,000 Inglis Digital broodmare sent to a first season stallion on a $10,000 service fee produced a $47,500 Australian Weanling Sale graduate who today won the G1 $2m Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.
As a brother to Group 1 Lightning Stakes heroine Snitzerland, much was expected of Sooboog, but the son of Snitzel has often been the bane of punters as well as owner Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum who shelled out $1.5 million to secure the chestnut as a yearling.
Five-year-old O’Reilly mare Dublin Lass appreciated the return to firmer footing to take out the $100,000 listed The HQ Of Insurance Starlight Stakes (1100m) on Saturday at Rosehill.
Matthew Dale’s problem makes him the envy of most of his peers. The Canberra trainer has become a victim of his own success. Despite the relative anonymity of his stable base, Dale is a man in demand.
Trainer Murray Baker is anticipating no problems with Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor-Centafit, by Centaine) backing up in tomorrow's Gr1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).
Opening his account with a stylish victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday was talented Northern Meteor colt Metallic Crown, a $190,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Ingham Racing from the draft of Luskin Park.
"They’re kidding themselves” was what winning jockey Josh Parr said about his rivals after being handed the Sky Racing Benchmark 79 Handicap (1200m) aboard Inz’n’out at Randwick on Saturday.
Able Friend completed a straightforward barrier trial assignment this morning, Tuesday 2 June, as trainer John Moore continued the five-year-old’s preparations for the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Ascot two weeks today.
Hot on the hooves of Dead Or Alive’s dynamic stakes victory in the Oaklands Plate on Saturday, Wanted has fired another shot with first starter Dangerous Breeding scampering away with the VOBIS Gold Strike (1000m) at Warrnambool today.
Able Friend recorded his sixth straight stakes victory when taking out the Group 1 Hong Kong Champions Mile this afternoon, flowing on from the international success of fellow Inglis graduate The Conglomerate at Group 2 level in South Africa on Saturday.
Classy three-year-old Liberty’s Gem claimed the second leg of a feature double when leading all the way in today’s $150,000 Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot.
Inglis Easter graduate Majmu firmly cemented her position as the best filly in South Africa with an emphatic victory in the Group 1 Cape Fillies Guineas over 1600m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
It’s a long way to go to get to Black Caviar’s perfect 25 from 25, but rising star sprinter Deep Field kept his unbeaten record intact to go five for five at Flemington on Saturday when capturing the Group II VRC Tab,com,au Stakes.
Kranji racegoers were given a gentle reminder of trainer Theo Kieser’s reputation as a dab hand with two-year-olds when Black Mamba worked home the best to claim the juvenile race over 1200m, the $75,000 Hello United Kingdom Stakes (1200m), on Sunday.
Over a busy weekend in Australia and Asia exciting three-year-olds Better Than Ready and Stepitup put their hands up as the ones to beat when they aim higher at Group 1 events next month.
The New South Wales Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Vieira v O'Shea handed down on March 5 has left participants in the wider thoroughbred industry wondering just where they stand.
Being a son of Bel Esprit, Bel Sprinter naturally draws comparisons to champion Black Caviar and he looked worthy of that accolade with a scintillating display of speed to land Saturday's Listed 60th Anniversary of National Service Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.