Archive for August 2020

Smart One to Watch- Scone

Not sure here if it’s the trainer or the horse that’s the One to Watch! Former assistant trainer to Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Annabel Neasham saddled a winner with her first runner as a trainer when three year-old Smart Missile gelding Commanding Missile saluted at Scone on debut. Sent out favourite for the 1100m […]

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Australian-Bred Legal Battle Breaks Maiden At Niigata

Legal Battle (3 c Smart Missile – Pyrography by Danzero) shed his maiden status at the fourth time of asking when he landed a race over 1600 metres at Niigata on Saturday and became the second winner in Japan for Twin Hills Stud-based sire Smart Missile (Fastnet Rock). The Fumimasa Takahashi-trained colt was having his […]

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Shrewd Shopping for Clothing by Boomer at the Magic Millions

Scheduled to go under the hammer at the 2017 Magic Millions national Broodmare Sale, the Commands mare Clothing was offered a last minute reprieve by Godolphin when her daughter Raiment (Street Cry) won the Group III Birthday Card Stakes followed by a defeat of  Invincibella in the Group III James Carr Stakes. Three year’s later […]

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No fatigue for Oliver & Godolphin at Flemington

Champion jockey Damien Oliver’s trademark patience was on show in his win on Godolphin three-year-old Fatigues at Flemington. Oliver teamed up with Godolphin to win the Group III Bletchingly Stakes on Viridine at Caulfield last month before the jockey and trainer James Cummings combined in the Lexus Plate (1410m).An early speed battle went on up […]

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Hallowed Crown Colt Shines at Newmarket

Twin Hill Stud’s Hallowed Crown has a very promising colt in England in the Richard Hughes-trained Karibana. After breaking his maiden a month back at Newbury, Karibana was the punters elect over 7-furlongs at Newmarket on Saturday and he didn’t disappoint. The final leg of a 4-timer for William Buick, Karibana weaved a passage between […]

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