The Weekend Wrap: First-crop winners and Group glory
The Alabama Express rolls on! WFA Gr.1 winner Alabama Express notched a new first-crop winner on Friday night with a bold front-running performance from three-year-old
The Alabama Express rolls on! WFA Gr.1 winner Alabama Express notched a new first-crop winner on Friday night with a bold front-running performance from three-year-old
Southport Tycoon delivered a stunning performance in the Manikato Stakes, clinching victory by a bob of the head. Jockey Mark Zahra made up 2.5 lengths in the final 75 meters, overtaking stablemate Growing Empire. Trainer Ciaron Maher praised the horse’s impressive trial form
First-season sire Lucky Vega looks to be assembling a strong hand of first-crop runners, with two-year-old colt Vega For Luck stepping out to deliver a
This weekend’s racing highlights featured Growing Empire’s dominant Listed Poseidon Stakes win, Dawn Service’s impressive victory in the Listed Exford Plate, and Tobeornottobe’s strong return in the Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes. After Match secured the Hawkesbury RC Sal Maiden Plate, while Mihoko Takeo triumphed in the Devonport RC Collins Real Estate Handicap.
Alabama Lass earned the first points in the prestigious New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series of 2024/25 with a win in the Gr.3 Gold
Exciting colt Growing Empire (Zoustar) solidified his status as a Gr.1 Coolmore Stud S. contender with a dominant win in the Gr.3 HDF McNeil S. at Caulfield. First-up after a 126-day break, he triumphed by 4.5 lengths, impressing trainer Maher, who aims to replicate his previous success with Merchant Navy.