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23rd May 2016

Trainer Shane Nichols has confirmed that promising filly I Am A Star (I Am Invincible-Star Band, by Dixieland Band) will be spelled and aimed at some of the feature fillies races in the spring.

Easter Colt Commands Attention

26th Mar 2016

The astute eye of James Harron paid dividends again today when his flashy two-year-old colt Attention (Stratum x Flamboyance), took out the Group 3 ATC Schweppervescence Stakes over 1400m at Rosehill. Under the expert guidance of trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, a confident ride by Blake Shinn saw the colt stay well on the speed and hit the line strongly.

Sprint Trips For Fontiton

22nd Jul 2015

High class Melbourne filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) is likely to be kept to sprint distances in the spring with the Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington a possible target, reports ANZ Bloodstock News.

Perfect Pregnancy For Black Caviar

14th Jul 2014

Connections of unbeaten superstar Black Caviar have asked not to know the sex of her first foal due in late September.

Peace No War back to his brilliant best

15th Jul 2013

Promising colt Peace No War bounced back from his defeat in the Group 2 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe (1200m) to score a fighting win in the $65,000 Hello Spain Stakes Graduation race over 1200m on Sunday.

Villa Verde To Aim At Golden Slipper

6th Nov 2012

Undefeated two-year-old filly Villa Verde will be aimed at the $3.5 million Golden Slipper next April by her buyer and trainer Shaun Dwyer following a dominant performance in the opening event at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day, the Listed VRC 7News Plate (1000m).

Cups King on slow road to recovery

5th Oct 2012

Bart Cummings is chasing his 13th Melbourne Cup but feared he would not be able to see it after undergoing surgery that impaired his vision.

Time has not wearied true turf warriors like Hyland

7th Sep 2012

Shanghai Warrior, the promising four-year-old out to enhance his reputation in the Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington tomorrow, is getting the personal touch from Pat Hyland, 71 years young and still in the saddle.

Karakatsanis shares the love

13th Jul 2012

Howmuchdoyouloveme has delivered a long awaited Ramornie Handicap victory to the Karakatsanis family, leading from the barriers to take out the famous Grafton sprint.

Amber Sky teaches his elders a lesson

25th Jun 2012

Mark du Plessis is reluctant to attach the "best" tag to horses, as in "best I have ridden", but couldn't help himself when it came to Amber Sky after Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's exceptional juvenile talent gave rivals another galloping lesson yesterday.

Martin's tall order with Pampelonne

21st May 2012

PAMPELONNE had just thrashed his rivals in Saturday's $500,000 Inglis Guineas when trainer Tim Martin admitted he now had a problem - how to qualify his boom young sprinter for the Stradbroke Handicap.

Champion jockey Hugh Bowman rides Raceway for a stunning debut win at Warwick Farm

8th Jan 2012

"I don't know what Nash (Rawiller) is riding in the Golden Slipper!". This simple statement sums up exactly what impression Raceway made on champion jockey Hugh Bowman after a stunning debut win at Warwick Farm yesterday.

Australian Turf Club in no hurry to end TV row between Sky Channel and TVN

27th Jul 2011

AUSTRALIAN Turf Club chairman John Cornish is "in no hurry" to sign a deal to settle the broadcast rights dispute flaring again between rivals Sky Channel and TVN.

Graham hunts another baby bonus with talented Leviosa

25th Jul 2011

JENNY GRAHAM might not have the oil-fuelled backing of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud operation but the trainer is doing a fine job on the two-year-old front.

Rocket Man still shy of Black Caviar's class

24th May 2011

THE on-track commentator called Rocket Man the "champion international sprinter of the world" when he won the KrisFlyer International Sprint on Sunday, but the five-year-old didn't come close to Black Caviar on the ratings - and he didn't even produce the performance of the week.

Sincero lives up to Guineas expectations

16th May 2011

Sincero went to Scone with plenty of hype surrounding him and the exciting three-year-old left with his reputation enhanced after the $250,000 Inglis Guineas on Saturday.

On a river that turned to gold- the story of Black Caviar's owners

10th Apr 2011

OF all the houseboats, on all the rivers this is the one you should have been on. This group of friends should have been yours, this horse they own -- the fastest on earth -- should have been yours, too. If only?

No regrets from the breeder who sold the world's best horse

5th Apr 2011

RICK JAMIESON had the golden ticket - and sold it for $200,000. But the man who bred and sold Black Caviar is not worried his name is no longer on the ownership papers of the world champion, whose unbeaten record will go on the line in the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Anevay Earns Diamond Shot

21st Feb 2011

Sydney filly Anevay has earned a shot at next weekend's Group 1 Patinack Blue Diamond Stakes after a dominant win at Flemington on Saturday.

Hot filly displays a touch of Glass

20th Dec 2010

OWNER Nathan Tinkler has more than 80 two-year-olds in work but it was one of his so-called lesser lights, the unfashionably bred Pane In The Glass, who provided a lucrative payday with a brilliant win in the $250,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) at Randwick yesterday.