Stallions
Co-trainer Adrian Bott is keeping his expectations in check for classy mare Ready To Prophet (Smart Missile) ahead of her first-up test at Randwick. The Kensington track will host a rare Saturday meeting this weekend and Ready To Prophet will line up in the Quincy Seltzer Benchmark 88 Handicap (1250m). Bott, who trains with Gai […]
[ Read More ]Godolphin Australia have an absolute star in the making in impressive filly Colette. The daughter of Hallowed Crown was dominant in landing her first Group 1 when winning the Australian Oaks (2400m) under Glen Boss at Royal Randwick last Saturday. It came off the back of a seemingly effortless victory in the Adrian Knox (2000m) […]
[ Read More ]The Group I ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday provided a tough staying test that brought about the undoing of established Group I fillies Probabeel and Shout the Bar with progressive Hallowed Crown filly Colette claiming victory as a heavily backed favourite. Colette scores an easy win in the G1 Australian Oaks – […]
[ Read More ]It would be a fairytale result for Twin Hills Stud if the James Cummings-trained Colette (Hallowed Crown) takes out today’s Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) with the Cootamundra farm recently acquiring her sire Hallowed Crown (Street Sense) for the upcoming breeding season. Hallowed Crown stood his first five seasons in Australia at Darley’s Kelvinside property, […]
[ Read More ]Written by Paul Vettise The Australian thoroughbred industry is being challenged by outside forces, but Olly Tait has unwavering faith in its robust nature and this week’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale results further fuelled his optimism. Owner-operator of Twin Hills Stud at Cootamundra with wife Amber, Tait was buoyed by the outcome of the virtual […]
[ Read More ]When Olly Taite’s Twin Hills Stud announced it would be standing the former Arrowfield resident Smart Missile the son of Fastnet Rock went on a stakes blitz and it may well be Deja vu for Hallowed Crown who shortly after the news he would be moving to the Cootamundra showpiece in 2020, sired his first […]
[ Read More ]Twin Hills Stud’s Group 1 producer Smart Missile will stand at the unchanged fee of $22,000 inc GST later this year. Associate sire Denman’s fee is also unaltered at $8800 inc GST while Odyssey Moon will drop to $6600 inc GST and newcomer Hallowed Crown will be offered at $11,000 inc GST. “We are very conscious that we are living and […]
[ Read More ]Hallowed Crown (Street Sense – Crowned Glory (Danehill)) will stand at Twin Hills Stud, Cootamundra for the 2020 season. His fee has been set at $11,000 (inc GST). Hallowed Crown has the highest winners to runners strike rate (60%) of all current second season sires. He also has a higher strike rate than every sire […]
[ Read More ]The Missile is set to be launched and on target come Friday in the Group III Kembla Grange Classic (1600m). Missile Mantra (all red) in the Thousand Guineas. Photo: Darryl Sherer. “It’s a winnable race that’s for sure,” said co-trainer Paul Snowden when discussing his promising filly Missile Mantra who lines up as the fancy in Kembla Grange’s 3YO […]
[ Read More ]The five-year-old responds under pressure – and carrying the top weight – to capture the Class One Chek Lap Kok Handicap (1,200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Hot King Prawn has been a bridesmaid for much of the season, but on Sunday John Size’s sprinter produced under pressure as Thanks Forever staked his final claim […]
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