
Danon Smash On A Par With Lord Kanaloa
Takayuki Yasuda has sounded an ominous warning ahead of Sunday’s, 25 April, HK$18 million Gr1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize
Takayuki Yasuda has sounded an ominous warning ahead of Sunday’s, 25 April, HK$18 million Gr1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize
Hong Kong’s majors, for all the quality horses they have drawn down the years, have never been particularly high on the potential breed shaping list
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!