Topping the board with a rating of 130 was the Japanese-bred Just A Way (Heart’s Cry – Sibyl). The six-year-old, whose track victories include the Dubai Duty Free and the Gr1 Yasuda Kinen, has recently joined his sire Heart’s Cry at the Shadai Stallion Station’s Hokkaido farm
We were all looking forward to Ascot but, as you can appreciate, any type of setback like that jeopardises the training regime and hence we had to make the decision he would not be ready for Champions Day
Irish Champions Weekend was a massive success which gained great publicity in the national media. It was dramatic, gripping and entertaining for everyone in attendance.
“He’s a great horse and it was a fantastic ride. Now the horse will get the credit that he deserves. He hasn’t had it yet.”
Australia is not the first Derby winner sired by a Derby winner out of an Oaks winner. Sarah Whitelaw examines a few more examples.
Aidan O’Brien’s name is written like no other across the history of the Dubai Duty Free 2014 Irish Derby, having landed a record ten victories, and Australia is hot favourite to make it a football team’s worth of winners for the master of Ballydoyle.
With heavy skies predicted for Saturday, all eyes are on the weather for the 2014 Investec Epsom Derby
Australia has pace but is also well-balanced and has a good temperament – you really cannot fault him. I like him and always have done. I really believe in the horse. To be successful, you have to believe in your own horse.
South Africa will play in Australia and New Zealand for their preparations for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in September.
Even watching the Barbarians vs. Australia clash from over 9000 kilometers away, you could feel the immense sense of relief from the majority of the fifty thousand strong crowds at Twickenham after referee Romain Poite blew his whistle for full time.
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
