Laurence and Linda Monds celebrated their first G1 winner as proprietors of Tyreel Stud when ‘the big horse’ Behemoth powered away to win the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.
Jim Cassidy has ridden the racing rollercoaster so many times that he takes missing out on his final Group 1 mount in his stride.The champion jockey will retire without adding to his 104 Group 1 wins after the scratching of his VRC Oaks mount Dawnie Perfect.
Promising Magic Albert three year-old Bundle of Joy made it two wins and a second from just three starts when scoring comfortably at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening.
The revered status of Sacred Kingdom in Hong Kong has been further enhanced with the son of Encosta De Lago being named Champion Sprinter for the fourth time.
Sadler's Wells, one of the most influential stallions of all time, has died at the age of 30. The son of Northern Dancer and sire of Derby winners Galileo and High Chaparral died in his paddock at Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary on Tuesday evening.
Inglis' record as being the only sales company to sell a G1 Hong Kong International Sprint winner continued when local idol Sacred Kingdom won the race for a second time today, over a field rated the best assembled in the event's history.
The first race in the $2.6million Inglis Race Series for 2009 graduates will be run next Saturday at Moonee Valley, with nominations for the $250,000 Inglis Juvenile closing Monday morning.
She may never reach the stratospheric heights of her famous older half brother, but Sister Madly confirmed herself as one of Australia's most valuable fillies when scoring an impressive win at Rosehill today.
FOR the first time, the 2009 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards at the end of this month will feature a category for the best performed Australian-bred thoroughbred trained outside of Australia.
Friesan Fire failed to fire as Mine That Bird scored a dominant win at odds paying upwards of $100 on Australian totes in this morning's G1 Kentucky Derby.