Written Tycoon's Bencoolen Impresses On Debut

Lee Freedman may keep lower profile nowadays at his Gold Coast base compared to the heady Melbourne Cup and Golden Slipper winning times three decades ago, but the old magic returned with Encoder's win in the three-year-old highlight of the Queensland Summer Carnival at Eagle Farm. Encoder took out the $300000 Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (2100m) with…

Broadcaster works home for third behind Arctic Glamour at Randwick on Everest Day. Picture: Supplied Each week, our Breeding Blackbook analyses the form through a pedigree lens to pinpoint future winners. - BROADCASTER Breeding: 3yo filly by Written Tycoon from Bel Selene (Bel Esprit) Trainer: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace Sales information: Was…

The Saxon Warrior (JPN) 3-year-old Unowho was the fourth-stringer of Chris Waller's five-strong entry for the $100000 Super Maiden (1600m) at Warwick Farm on Monday but defied his odds to earn a possible tilt at Victoria Derby. Unowho finishes best in those famous colours! @cwallerracing pic.twitter.com/BKnFHh1U0z - SKY Racing…

Million-dollar colt Piercing Arrow made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Picture: Bradley Photos The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Piercing Arrow made the perfect start to his career in the TAB 2YO Maiden Handicap (1200m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Piercing Arrow, a son of I Am Invincible, was purchased by a syndicate…

The Arrowfield love affair with the Japanese thoroughbred has expanded with the arrival of the unbeaten Champion Japan 2YO Colt in Admire Mars joining their 2021 roster. Arrowfield Stud had definitely been the front runner in growing the Japanese success in Australia, with Admire Mars being a three-time Group 1 winner, bred by the famous Northern…

Mark Smith - Saturday February 18 The odds-on favourite Nature Strip finished unplaced, while the three-year-old Written Tycoon filly Coolangatta claimed a second Group 1, which was the wash-up from a thrilling $1000000 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Ridden by Jamie Kah for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace,…

Racing is underway at a gloomy Aquis Park Gold Coast on Magic Millions Raceday, with the heavily backed Ezekeil doing the right thing for punters in the $500000 Magic Millions Country Cup (1200m). Ridden by Jamie Kah for Cody Morgan, Ezekeil sat just off the pace before putting the race to bed at the 300m. The 4yo son of Divine Prophet defeated…

On Thursday, two fascinating divisions of the Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Previews at Sandown-Hillside take place, with numerous first starters adding to the intrigue. Seven of the ten acceptors for the colts and gelding preview will be making their career debuts. The likely favourite is the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained The Instructor. The son…

Co-trainer Toby Edmonds believes a form advantage can see Alpine Edge return to the winners' list in the inaugural King Of The Mountain at Toowoomba while earlier in the day Storm The Fortress can rise up the rankings at Doomben towards Magic Millions Day. Edmonds is often understated about his horses' chances but with that holds an underlying…

Exciting young sire Written By provided the perfect Christmas gift for Widden Stud and his supporters when siring his first stakes-winner on Christmas Eve with speedy colt The Novelist capturing the Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m) with a bold front running display. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, The Novelist scorched the turf…

Rebel Dane walked through the front gate at Widden Stud'just five-minutes ago,' and already he's the Australian Champion Sire of 2YOs for this 2021-2022 season. With his juvenile filly Fireburn winning the $5m Longines Golden Slipper Stakes and $1m Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes as his only season winner, he's finishing with $3.91m in progeny…

Water up to his armpits: She's Extreme's owner's desperate bid to save Black Caviar relation We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. Rob Crabtree spent last weekend with water up to his armpits trying to save horses on a flood-ravaged neighbouring farm. He could leave his own…

Annabel Neasham's Group 1 Prix Jean Prat winner Laws Of Indices came with a barnstorming finish to run Tuvalu to three-quarters of a length in the Group 1 Toorak Hcp at Caulfield on Saturday, completing a good day for Oaklands Stud's Power (GB), which began with a win by the debutant Risky Investment at Eagle Farm. Ridden by Luke Tarrant for…

The three-year-old Fastnet Rock filly Cabaca wiped $36000 off her $300000 purchase price when breaking her maiden over 1580m at a rain-sodden Canterbury on Wednesday. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Cabaca led home a 1-2-3 for Chris Waller in the 5-horse field. Placed once in her previous four starts, Cabaca defeated the Redoute's Choice colt Ignacio by…

He might only be 29, but Ciaron Maher and David Eustace's bloodstock manager, Will Bourne, certainly knows how to pick out talented young horses. His name was deservedly mentioned after Coolangatta's courageous 1/5-length win in the $1 million Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley last Friday night. It was Bourne who saw great value in the…

A quinella in the Group II Fujitsu General Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill for champion stallion Snitzel with the Kacy Fogden-trained Best Of Bordeaux making it two for two when holding the barnstorming finish of Magic, the most expensive yearling sold in Australia last year. A first-up winner of the Group III Canonbury Stakes, Best Of…

The VRC Oaks is the first fillies-only staying Group 1 of the season and, therefore, every runner in the field is unknown over the 2500 metres. Below is a look at their breeding and whether they are likely to run out the trip strongly. 1 MONTEFILIA - Kermadec x Bana Wu (Shirocco) $1.80 favourite with Sportsbet With Kermadec's oldest progeny just…

Sensational sprinter Overpass (Vancouver) scored a deserved first G1 win in emphatic fashion in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot this evening, capping off a red-letter day for Inglis graduates who won seven Stakes races in four States across two countries. The Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass was the class horse of the Winterbottom field, already a…

As Pencarrow says "buyers right across Australasia and beyond have come to expect each and every year, and we're set to offer another high-quality selection of yearlings at Karaka 2023." Karaka 2023 Book 1 is 29 to 31 January, and Pencarrow's 20-strong draft has six yearlings by super-sires Snitzel, Savabeel, Exceed And Excel, Pierro, Written…

Exciting sprinters Doull (Snitzel) and Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel), as well as G1 VRC Derby prospect Sunsets (Dundeel) advanced their credential for future stud careers with stirring black type victories on a productive day for Inglis graduates at Caulfield. Four-year-old entire Doull (pictured), a $1.2 million purchase at the Inglis Easter Yearling…

All roads now lead to the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) for Captured By Love, after the talented juvenile maintained her unbeaten status in the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors LTD Matamata Breeders' Stakes (1200m). Local powerhouse stable Te Akau Racing have been victorious in the last two editions of the Breeders' with Zourion (2023) and Maven Belle (2022)…

No trainer has won the Golden Slipper more times than Gai Waterhouse and the recently anointed Hall of Fame legend showed on Monday that she will be a potent force in juvenile races this season. Waterhouse and her training partner Adrian Bott won seven of the 11 trials in which they were represented at Randwick's Kensington track, which hosted New…

Yulong won the battle for two banner lots of this year's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, splurging $7.1 million on elite-level performers Tofane and Away Game on Tuesday. The powerful Victorian farm paid $3.1 million for four-time Group 1 winner Tofane early in the session before forking out $4 million for Away Game just over an hour…

In 2022, Lyndhurst Stud added the brilliant Group winning juvenile Barbaric to their roster and 12 months on his first foals are making a great impression. One of only two stallions by reigning champion sire I Am Invincible standing in Queensland, Barbaric covered 86 mares in his first year at stud and is primed for another busy breeding…