Talented young trainer Paul Messara made his Group One breakthrough at Rosehill today when his favourite mare Alverta ran away with the $600,000 Coolmore Classic.
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Pedigree advisor Alan Porter continues his series of pedigree profiles and this week he takes a look at the family behind Response.
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Top class Australian bred sprinter Happy Zero franked his rating as one of Hong Kong's best gallopers when staving off a late challenge to land the $HK4,5million Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup HK Gr1 over 1400 metres at Sha Tin on Sunday.
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Flying filly SOLAR CHARGED (Charge Forward) has regained her place at the top of Golden Slipper markets with a dominant display in the G3 Kindergarten Stakes at Warwick Farm.
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Not A Single Doubt's younger brother Rogano maintained his unbeaten record when making an impressive return at Canterbury tonight.
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Glamour colt MANHATTAN RAIN (Encosta De Lago - Shantha's Choice, by Canny Lad) has been retired from racing and will stand at Arrowfield Stud, Scone alongside his illustrious half brother Redoute's Choice.
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Talented galloper Extra Zero could back up in next weekend's Group 1 Australian Cup after returning to form in today's Group 2 The Yalumba 161 Autumn Classic at Caulfield.
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The fairytale continued for Golden Slipper-bound Chance Bye (Snitzel) who forced her way into the field for the world's richest race for two-year-olds with victory in the Silver Slipper.
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High priced colt SHRAPNEL justified the high opinion of his trainer Mark Kavanagh by winning the G3 Breeders Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.
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Gai Waterhouse came back to the limelight with the win of MONTANA FLYER (ex Montana Downs, by Bluebird (USA)) in the G3 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill this afternoon.
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Highly promising Not a Single Doubt three year-old Tai Sing Yeh took his record to four wins from five starts when scoring a dominant win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
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Arrowfield's reputation for producing top line horses continues with a number of the farm's sales graduates performing at the highest levels in recent weeks.
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There were a few raised eyebrows when John Messara announced Arrowfield would stand the Soviet Star (USA) stallion Starcraft (NZ) in 2006.
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In one of the more exhilarating Blue Diamond finishes, the Danny O'Brien-trained and Nick Hall-ridden Star Witness (Starcraft) flew from the clouds to claim the $1million Group One Arrowfield Stud Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield this afternoon.
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Golden Slipper contender Solar Charged confirmed she is set to mount a serious claim on the world's richest two-year-old race by recording a strong win in a Rosehill barrier trial on Friday.
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IF YOU had $1 million to spend, why would you invest it on one racehorse in the yearling sales lottery?
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Australian bred Redoute's Choice colt Musir has made it back-to-back wins at Meydan in Dubai after scoring a commanding victory in the Group Three UAE 2000 Guineas overnight.
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Talented but at times enigmatic, Hussonet (USA) sprinter Huxssen put the best foot forward at Mornington on Wednesday to win the Listed Hareeba Stakes over 1200 metres.
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It was all Flying Spur on Saturday with a number of his progeny underlining, yet again, the versatility of this champion stallion.
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Leading freshman sire Snitzel has taken his number of first crop individual winners to six.
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The Paul Messara trained Redoute's Choice 2YO colt BENETEAU put in a spectacular performance to brilliantly win the G3 Arrowfield Stud Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield on Saturday. In the process Beneteau eclipsed the class record by more than a second, running the 1100m in a slick 1:02.45. Blocked for a run coming to the turn, Beneteau was able to find a gap and peel off the heels of the leaders and sprint away to defeat the hitherto unbeaten G3 winner General Truce by 2 ½ lengths with a further 2 ¼ lengths back to third.
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It seems one of the inexplicable riddles of the turf that time after time, horses destined to be worth their weight in gold have been virtually given away, while others whose pedigree and looks have warranted immense sums being paid for them, have turned out to be little better then worthless. And so it is with the real life rags to riches story of two year old filly, Chance Bye (Snitzel ex Rouge Femme by Red Ransom) who made it two wins from as many starts with an explosive performance in the $250 000 Racing NSW Rewards Club Inglis Classic at Rosehill on 23rd January.
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Triple Crown Syndications' Prerequisite made it a double for her sire Charge Forward at Canterbury on Wednesday when she returned from a spell for a first up kill, her win following on from the earlier victory of debut juvenile winner From the Vault.
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Australian bred Redoute's Choice colt Musir started his Dubai campaign on the right note when taking out the UAE Guineas Trial at Meydan overnight for leading trainer Mike de Kock.
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Champion Australian sire Redoute's Choice will have two runners in the UAE Guineas Trial at the Meydan meeting in Dubai on Thursday, February 4, the Australian bred colts attempting to emulate the performance of Australian bred filly Raihana who won the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial last week.
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Promising young sire Charge Forward already has one smart juvenile winner this season in early Golden Slipper favourite Solar Charged, whose owner breeder Peter Horwitz is also responsible for his second in From the Vault.
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