Month: May 2022

This week, the team at The Follow Files have found you a couple of runners from the Morphettville meeting that we can back with a bit of confidence next time we see them step out on a racetrack. Given Doomben’s meeting was cancelled, another heavy Rosehill track, and an average meeting at Flemington, we went to the last day of the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival to try to find some future winners. While we don’t expect that these horses will turn into Group 1 winners, they should be able to…

Hawkesbury Race Club CEO James Heddo believes there is plenty of potential to grow his facility and its annual standalone Saturday meeting in the future. (Picture: Hawkesbury Race Club) He has only been in the job two months, but already Hawkesbury Race Club CEO James Heddo believes there is plenty of room for growth at his western Sydney venue. He has identified building plenty more stables and improving the club’s annual standalone Saturday as high priorities on his agenda. Adding up to 200 stables will only continue the club’s growth,…

Away Game sold for $4m at the 2022 Gold Coast Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. (Photo: Magic Millions) Two star mares – Away Game and Tofane – have sold for top dollar on Day 1 of the 2022 Gold Coast Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, with Yulong Investments purchasing the pair. Tofane, a four-time Group 1 winner, was purchased for $3.1 million early on in the day, before Away Game stole the stage at 12:37pm AEST, with the hammer dropping at a neat $4 million. This time last year, Michael…

Robbie Dolan will partner Gin Martini in The Roses this Saturday. (Photo: Bradley Photography) Despite the weather putting The Roses on hold, Robbie Dolan will still be aboard Gin Martini when the race is run at Eagle Farm this weekend. The flashy three-year-old chestnut filly ran a game fourth in the Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) on May 7, after which Dolan said that she just found the others gallopers a bit sharp over the shorter distance. The John Sargent-trained daughter of Rip Van Winkle is set to relish the rise…

Fireburn was at her best in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes. (Picture: Bradley Photos) There is a collective headache in the Gary Portelli stable about star filly Fireburn’s future, but the team insists it is a good headache to have. After an incredible autumn carnival saw the two-year-old prevail in the Golden Slipper and Sires’ Produce Stakes, before narrowly beaten by She’s Extreme in the Champagne Stakes, the sprinter is enjoying a well-earned spell. The direction Portelli chooses to send her next will depend on how well the horse returns…