Stallions
BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES – CHERRY TORTONI For those of us old enough to remember, how good was it to see the chestnut gelding launch home in the Tait family colours to bring back memories of the mighty Tie The Knot. Cherry Tortoni is out of a half-sister to the family’s former champion and he’s now […]
[ Read More ]Visions of 12-times Group 1 winner Tie The Knot and the exceptional race filly Whisked came flooding back at Flemington today when the Paddy Payne-trained and Billy Egan-ridden Cherry Tortoni (by Night of Thunder) turned in a hugely promising performance to land the $100,000 VRC Rod Johnson Handicap (1400m) at the metropolitan meeting in Melbourne. […]
[ Read More ]Recent results have served to emphasise the versatility of Smart Missile’s progeny and continue to pique breeder interest in Twin Hills Stud’s Group 1 producer. The son of Fastnet Rock has produced 2-year-old city winners on consecutive weekends, including a Listed victory, and a 3-year-old Group winner also in the mix. Smart Missile’s juvenile daughter Standoff was successful at […]
[ Read More ]It’s been a great day for the Smart Missile juveniles with Lindsay Park’s gelding Crosshaven keeping his record perfect at two for two at Moonee Valley then the Trent and Toby Edmonds-trained filly Smart ‘N’ Sexy finding the prefect spot to break her maiden in the Listed Dalrello Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm. Edmonds […]
[ Read More ]Crosshaven found racing at The Valley tricky but the Lindsay Park youngster’s class kept him unbeaten on Saturday. Crosshaven made it two from two at The Valley on Saturday. Photo: Racing Photos. Crosshaven scored on the bigger track at Geelong on debut on May 15 but didn’t have it all his way on the tighter […]
[ Read More ]It has been a good week in Europe for the veteran American turf phenomenon Kitten’s Joy with his son Kameko a dominant winner 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, while his talented son Bobby’s Kitten (USA), who spent one season at Olly Tait’s Twin Hills Stud, is off the mark with Sands Of Time romping home by […]
[ Read More ]Twin Hills resident Smart Missile (Fastnet Rock) landed his 17th stakes winner yesterday when Ballistic Boy (3 g ex Magical Mist by High Chaparral) took out the Rough Habit Plate (Gr 3, 2200m) at Eagle Farm. The Chris Anderson- trained gelding defeated Supergiant (Red Giant) by a length and a half with Navy Cross (I […]
[ Read More ]A luckless second to Supergiant at his most recent start in the Group III Gunsynd Classic at Eagle Farm, the Smart Missile three-year-old gelding Ballistic Boy turned the tables on his conqueror in Saturday’s Group III Rough Habit Plate (2200m) at Eagle Farm. Brad Stewart abd Chris Anderso celebrate the success of Ballistic Boy (image […]
[ Read More ]Cameron Happ dissects Saturday’s Flemington meeting CLOCK STOPPER – PREZADO It was a 1000m open sprint so it makes sense they ran the fastest splits of the day and they were slick. The Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained sprinter has really found his sweet spot in these 1000m straight races putting three wins together now […]
[ Read More ]A good start to the day at Flemington for Twin Hills stallions Denman and Smart Missile with Denman’s 1000m straight track specialist Prezado making light of his 59kgs in the opener to capture his third consecutive race at Flemington before Smart Missile chimed in with the talented two-year-old filly Standoff who opened her account at […]
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