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Setting the bar: Calculating expectations for freshman sires
Trial report: Tulloch Lodge sends out tough juvenile team to Canterbury
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott sent out three of the six juvenile trial winners at Canterbury on Tuesday morning, highlighted by the untapped Lumbini. At the Gold Coast, a Profiteer colt excited for the Munce partnership.
December 3rd 2025
Sister to Japan Cup hero Calandagan stars on opening night of the Sceptre Sessions
Ace Stud put in a dominant bidding performance to secure Calandagan's Le Havre half-sister for 850,000gns, as part of a colossal spend at the glittering Tattersalls December Mare Sale opener. Sam Sangster was busy purchasing mares for Diego Velazquez, and Peter Kavanagh was delighted with Japan's interest in Rage Of Bamby.
December 3rd 2025
'Getting a Champion son is just going to happen': Evergreen Snitzel's legacy still blooming
With a stakes winner on Saturday and his son Russian Revolution siring the G1 Winterbottom Stakes winner Libertad, the Snitzel train keeps on rolling. His last crop has just been born and his penultimate crop are about to walk into the yearling sale ring, but the weekend's exciting winners demonstrate he's far from done yet.
December 2nd 2025
Good things come in pairs for patient Begg
Grahame Begg's two emerging stars, Ruska Roma and She's A Hustler, are complete opposites in attitude, but on Saturday they combined to sign off the spring with a stakes double at Caulfield. Begg dissects their differences and extolls the virtues of being patient when you sense you are on to a good thing.
December 2nd 2025
Hong Kong Review: Subdued Sha Tin assists fire victims
After a subdued Sunday meeting at Sha Tin, the Hong Kong Jockey Club donated AU$33.7 million to those affected by the Tai Po fire. Grunt gelding Hong Lok Golf returned to form and will be set for the G1 Steward’s Cup. Purton rode another treble to extend his lead on the jockey’s table.
December 2nd 2025
Foal Focus: Panthalassa 'sure is stamping them'
In today's Foal Focus, Yulong Stud’s Stud Manager Ben Gunn highlights an impressive Panthalassa filly out of the Group 1-winning mare Inspirational Girl, a quality mare that Yulong purchased at the end of her successful racing career.
December 2nd 2025
‘The emotional rollercoaster is real’: Will Libertad Stand at Blue Gum?
It’s a cliché in racing to speak of an emotional rollercoaster, but for Trilogy Racing and Blue Gum Farm co-owner Jason Stenning it describes November perfectly. From the loss of Sejardan, to the G1 Winterbottom Stakes win by Libertad, and the frustration of not getting Libertad’s dam in foal, the ups and downs are all part of the ride.
December 1st 2025
Buy of the Weekend: Eternal Warrior looks like his grandsire
A Blue Diamond pedigree on both sides and a sharp type were behind the $80,000 purchase of Listed Merson Cooper Stakes winner Eternal Warrior. His physical type reminded trainer Lloyd Kennewell of his grandsire Extreme Choice. He’s from the family of Blue Diamond winner Alinghi and will be set for that race.
December 1st 2025
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Setting the bar: Calculating expectations for freshman sires
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'Getting a Champion son is just going to happen': Evergreen Snitzel's legacy still blooming
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‘The emotional rollercoaster is real’: Will Libertad Stand at Blue Gum?
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