Stallions
The long-awaited and deserved maiden Group 1 success for Hot King Prawn in the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday also provided a breakthrough for his sire Denman, who has been rewarded for his own consistency with elevated status as a Group 1-producing stallion. Denman’s progeny had come close on several occasions […]
[ Read More ]Hot King Prawn (Denman) washed away months of frustration and doubt with an emphatic performance to claim his first Group 1 title with victory in yesterday’s Centenary Sprint Cup (Gr 1, 1200m). Placed three times at elite level, the enigmatic grey delivered in copybook style for Joao Moreira to provide trainer John Sjze with his […]
[ Read More ]Entering Sunday’s G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin, the likeable Hot King Prawn (Aus) (Denman {Aus}) had won half of his 22 career starts and had been out of the top three on just four occasions. His record at Group 1 level left more to be desired, as he had been blanked from seven previous tries, […]
[ Read More ]Yao Dash (Smart Missile) gave the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott training partnership their second winner on the Gold Coast card when none of Yao Dash’s rivals could match his superb acceleration over the final 200m. That ability to change gears on cue and to do so with such meaning was the major contributing factor […]
[ Read More ]Dynamic Syndication had to be patient, waiting until the final half-hour of Day 1 at the Magic Millions Yearling Sales to secure our second purchase of the sale, but the wait was worth it as the gavel fell on LOT 168, our target filly, at $170,000 + GST ensuring we had gained ownership of a […]
[ Read More ]A horse being replated behind the gates is often the end of its chances in a race but Rule The World (Hallowed Crown) made light of that theory with his win in the Travis Stillman Handicap (1400m). Rule The World lost a shoe on the way to the barriers before the $125,000 race, which was […]
[ Read More ]Tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt was on hand at Caulfield to cheer his horse Evening Glory (Smart Missile) to victory in the Warren Moore Handicap (1200m). Hewitt, a Wimbledon and dual US Open champion, part-owns Evening Glory along with fellow former Australian tennis professionals Sam Groth and Peter Luczak as well as star coach and television […]
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