Thoroughbred News

Stokes breaks leg, just like dad

February 11, 2019 Comments Off

Tommy Stokes unfortunately suffered a break to a shinbone at Morphettville on Monday morning, but as painful and uncomfortable as it was for the 20-year-old, his father Phillip could at least find a lighter side to a sticky moment for ... Read More »

Waller stable provides 10 of 14 nominations for Apollo Stakes

February 11, 2019 Comments Off

The Chris Waller stable has provided 10 of the 14 nominations for the $250,000, Group 2 WFA Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday including world champion mare Winx Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/waller-stable-provides-10-of-14-nominations-for-apollo-stakes- Read More »

Latest Longines Golden Slipper order of entry

February 10, 2019 Comments Off

The Australian Turf Club has advised the latest order of entry for the $3.5m, Group 1 Longines Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill on March 23rd, as at Monday, February 11th, 2019. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/latest-longines-golden-slipper-order-of-entry- Read More »

Monday and Tuesday form

February 10, 2019 Comments Off

Monday’s meetings include Cairns, Queanbeyan, Tamworth, South Africa’s Flamingo Park, France’s Angers. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/monday-and-tuesday-form- Read More »

Reflections on Warwick Farm

February 10, 2019 Comments Off

The Warwick Farm programme on Saturday, originally about the important Group 2 Breeders’ Classic black type for mares, took a step up this year with the Inglis bonus races at $1 million for the three-year-old’s and $2 million for the ... Read More »

Sunday form

February 9, 2019 Comments Off

Sunday’s meetings include Dubbo, Taree, Wodonga, Colac, Sunshine Coast, Hong Kong’s Sha Tin, France’s Cagnes Sur Mer, South Africa’s Scottsville and Ireland’s Punchestown Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/sunday-form- Read More »

Manuel’s Orr Stakes upset

February 9, 2019 Comments Off

The $500,000 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday loomed as a golden opportunity for a host of stallion prospects to bolster their CVs, but instead the Group 1 race was taken by a gelding whose biggest claim to ... Read More »

Nature Strip turns it on

February 9, 2019 Comments Off

Nature Strip shrugged off an unsettling week to signal 2019 might be his year to deliver after unleashing a blistering performance to take the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/nature-strip-turns-it-on- Read More »

Gem Song wins Eskimo Prince Stakes

February 9, 2019 Comments Off

Gooree Stud’s home-bred Gem Song took out the Group 3 Aquis Farm Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Warwick Farm on Saturday after a ride by Jason Collett that took an inside passage on ground previously spurned in earlier races Read ... Read More »

Bivouac camps out in Lonhro Plate

February 9, 2019 Comments Off

For the fourth time out of six renditions the Godolphin stable won the listed Lonhro Plate (1100m) at Warwick Farm, named after their senior sire, when Bivouac under Blake Shinn won well after stalking the early leaders. Read full article ... Read More »