Geisel Park Stitch-Up at Ascot

Geisel Park Stitch-Up at Ascot

Geisel Park filly Laced Up Heels looked a 3yo with a future after overcoming the odds to beat older horses at Ascot on Saturday. The Toronado (Ire) filly went out a firming market-leader at $2.50 for the Conquer Cystic Fibrosis Hcp (1000m) but favourite punters would...
Miss Drakova delivers for Dawson & Newhaven

Miss Drakova delivers for Dawson & Newhaven

Miss Drakova’s first-up victory at Ascot on Wednesday added another notch to the successful connection between Dawson Stud and NSW-based Newhaven Park. Dawson Stud’s Graham Daws bred and sold Group 2 winning mare Kissonallforcheeks for $120,000 through John Kelly’s...
Rock’s radar on Group 1 Search

Rock’s radar on Group 1 Search

Gold Front stallion Awesome Rock kept the winners ticking over at Northam on Thursday ahead of Group 1 campaigns for his 4yo mare Searchin’ Roc’s and 3yo gelding Red Sun Sensation. The Jim Taylor-prepared Zadar Rock scored a front-running victory in the Country Wide...
Black-type back-up for River Beau

Black-type back-up for River Beau

River Beau will be backing up off a seven-day break when he has another crack at the LR Crawford Stakes (1100m) at Ascot this Saturday. The Snippetson sprinter was a first-up winner of the Schweppes Hcp (1000m) with the benefit of a rails run last Saturday but there...

Denim Wars a favourite at Pakenham

Denim Wars was balloted out of the $150,000 Grassroots Gallop (1400m) at Caulfield on Wednesday but that may be a blessing in disguise for part-owner and trainer Colin Scott. The Pakenham-prepared son of War Chant (USA) didn’t get a start at the Group 1 meeting which...