Month: April 2020

Godolphin Australia boss Vin Cox has announced Darley’s stud fees with most reduced next season. Darley has reduced most of its stallion fees for the upcoming breeding season with uncertainty continuing regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Exceed And Excel leads the roster and is the only Darley stallion to have his service fee increased, going from $88,000 to $132,000. “We’ve been supportive in our approach to service fees for 2020 and we hope breeders can appreciate that and take advantage of a roster that has value, variety and quality,” Vin Cox,…

Trainer Tony McEvoy is pleased with how Sunlight has come through her second to Gytrash. Despite Sunlight being soundly beaten by Gytrash in the R N Irwin Stakes in Adelaide, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare did enough to suggest she is on track for upcoming Group One targets. Sunlight finished three lengths second to emerging sprint star Gytrash in Saturday’s Group Three 1100m-race at Morphettville. It was her first start since November after which she had surgery to remove a bone chip from the outside of a splint bone…

Jockey Opie Bosson will return to New Zealand to discuss a more permanent move to Australia. Leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson is to consider moving his family to Australia amid uncertainty when racing across the Tasman will resume. Bosson ended the Sydney autumn carnival as the leading Group One rider with four elite victories aboard Probabeel (Surround Stakes), Te Akau Shark (Chipping Norton) Quick Thinker (Australian Derby) and Tofane (All Aged Stakes). The carnival went ahead under strict biosecurity protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand racing is…

English jockey Tom Marquand and visiting horse Addeybb notched two G1 wins over the Sydney carnival. The Sydney autumn carnival has been run against the odds under extraordinary circumstances and unprecedented restrictions. Saturday’s All Aged Stakes brought the curtain down on eight weeks of racing at the highest level in the shadow of the global by coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson rode the All Aged Stakes winner Tofane to end Group One racing in Sydney for the season after starting the carnival with a top level double on…

Manipon Cup winner Young Rascal will stay in Australia and join trainer Archie Alexander. Beaten Sydney Cup favourite Young Rascal will remain in Australia to be trained by Archie Alexander after OTI Racing secured a 50 per cent interest in the stayer. English trainer William Haggas sent Young Rascal and stablemate Addeybb to Australia for the Sydney autumn carnival. Adeybb will go home with Group One wins in the Ranvet and Queen Elizabeth Stakes while Young Rascal won the Group Three Manion Cup (2400m) before finishing seventh in the Sydney…