by | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
David Payne doesn’t have the budget to compete at the top-end of the yearling sale market, so the bluebloods are never on his short list. Instead, he backs his decades of experience and horsemanship to hunt for hidden gems. Trawling through the yearlings on offer last...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Bad luck thwarted the first racing campaign of Snow Patrol who is set to make his racing return at Caulfield. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding is being aimed at the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington next month. First-up though is the Group 2...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
While Black Caviar was winning races from her two-year-old year through to retirement as a six-year-old, her trainer Peter Moody said she did not reach full maturity until her later racing years. Mr Brightside is no Black Caviar, but he is about to embark on an autumn...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
If Dylan Gibbons has learned anything in his burgeoning riding career it is to make the most of every opportunity, even a fortuitous one. In that vein, the star apprentice is thrilled to be reuniting with three-year-old Celestial Legend in the Eskimo Prince Stakes...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
A lack of suitable sprinting options for two of his three-year-old fillies has forced Sydney trainer Michael Freedman to turn his attention to Melbourne. Hip Hip Hurrah and Blanc De Blanc have been dispatched to Caulfield to contest the Group 3 Peter Le Grand Stakes...