#Van Gestel

Crack colt Best Of Bordeaux is Coolmore Stud Stakes-bound after bouncing back to winning form in the slush at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Best Of Bordeaux, trained by Kacy Fogden, overcame a recent setback in training and led most of the way to win the Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes. Coolmore Australia supremo Tom Magnier confirmed Best Of Bordeaux…

Chris Waller will flex his muscle at Randwick's traditional spring meeting and could have the favourites in each of the three group 1s on Saturday, which may turn into ladies' day for the premier stable. The champion trainer has swept the October long weekend majors before, in 2019, when he also won the Turnbull Stakes in Melbourne to achieve the…

Coolmore's Tom Magnier has a unique description for the $3.5 million Longines Golden Slipper: "This is the race that changes people's addresses." Simply translated, if a well-bred colt wins the race, then he becomes very hot property. His owners will collect a cool $2 million first prizemoney - but wait, there's more. If the Slipper winner is a…

There's been no racing in Hong Kong for more than seven weeks but there's still been plenty happening. Here are some of the off-season's more newsworthy events. The Jockey Club will offer its punters another form of fixed-price wagering in 2022-23, with the Trainer Challenge launching at Sunday's season opener at Sha Tin. Like the Jockey Challenge,…