Tivaci - New Winner

Worth $1million, the ATC Golden Gift (1100m) run at Rosehill this Saturday is billed as a Group III race, but due to the ongoing ridiculous debacle of Black Type racing in Australia, the winner won’t be officially recognized as a stakes-winner.

Leading Queensland nursery Raheen Stud announced on Friday the sad passing of their exciting young sire Top Ranked (IRE), who was euthanized on Thursday following a brief illness.

The three-time Group winner Coeur Volante (Proisir) will be offered in a special Inglis Digital Spring Boutique Sale next week.

The Flemington carnival has rolled on this week with Cup Day and Oaks Day producing Aussie bred winners of these two iconic staying feature races so let’s take a look at those pedigrees.

A successful defence of his title in Tuesday’s A$3m The Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick took Ready to Run Sale flagbearer Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) past A$5.5m in stakes, with A$4.6m of that amount coming in the last 12 months alone. 

Te Akau Racing marketing manager Julia-Rose Hayes has had plenty of success syndicating horses selected by her father, David Ellis, and that has continued with her latest syndicate.

Juddmonte Farms and Aga Khan Studs are home to a couple of the best stallions in Europe in Frankel and Sea the Stars, both of whom have enjoyed considerable G1 success in Australia.

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A relentlessly wet spring has provided a frustrating start to the season for David Greene, but things might be turning the corner as the Te Rapa trainer prepares to unleash his emerging star First Five in Saturday’s Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Pukekohe.

Some of the best fillies seen on New Zealand racetracks so far this season will meet in Saturday’s $600,000 Group One Barneswood Farm 53rd New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton – a race that has previously been won by 22 subsequent NZB Filly of the Year champions.