Naantali brilliant Flemington winner

23 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Rip Van Winkle’s daughter Naantali has shown she’s not just a wet-track performer breaking through for her maiden city win on firm ground at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained three-year-old had ...

Juddmonte Charm Spirit filly impresses

19 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Fulminate, a Juddmonte Farm-bred and owned Charm Spirit filly made an ultra-impressive winning debut at Fairyhouse in Ireland overnight to become her hot young sire’s 10th individual winner for the...

The Alpha female - Centauri the star in Group 1 romp

15 JUL 2018 | BY PETER SCARGILL, RACING POST

Windsor Park's former shuttle sire Mastercraftsman's daughter Alpha Centauri sent chills down the spines of those watching as she produced a dazzling performance in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at N...

Ninth at Naas for Charm Spirit

08 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired his ninth European first crop 2YO winner and second in Ireland, when Chicago May provided her hot young sire with another impressive debutante winner overnigh...

Black Type options aplenty for Cyber Attack

07 JUL 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK.

Tony Pike is keeping his stakes options open with Cyber Attack (ShamExpress). The Cambridge trainer will monitor the youngster’s progress and the weather before he decides which challenge he sets t...

Smart winner in Ireland for Charm Spirit

06 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired his eighth European first crop 2YO winner and first in Ireland, when Bailly won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden impressively overnight. Bailly - Charm S...

Seven for Charm Spirit

03 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired three new winners last week, taking his overall tally of first crop victors in Europe to seven. The first of the week was Forseti (2 c e...

Six for ShamExpress

03 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Windsor Park’s Leading Freshman Sire ShamExpress (O’Reilly) got on the board in Singapore on Sunday evening when his juvenile son Mr Hooper (2 g ex Kate’s Talent by Montjeu) showed great fighting q...

Leading In Both Hemispheres

02 JUL 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Freshman sires ShamExpress (O’Reilly) and Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) who both stand at Windsor Park Stud continue to make a deep impression with an ever-increasing list of first-crop winners....

Patience the key to Fogarty Fegen

01 JUL 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Good things come to those who wait and that certainly played true on the weekend when promising four-year-old Fogarty Fegen (Falkirk) made his way back to the winner’s enclosure at Hastings. Unsigh...

Fifth Winner for Charm Spirit

28 JUN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park Stud shuttle stallion Charm Spirit is off to a good start at stud, siring his fifth individual juvenile winner at Salisbury on Wednesday. Two-year-old colt Foresti won the Whitsbury Ma...

Winning Double for Charm Spirit

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) sired a winning double in the UK overnight with Oberyn Martell scoring his second victory from just three starts, while Forseti opened his acc...

Stakes Goals for Rip Van Winkle 2YO winner

26 JUN 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM.AU

Ben Ropiha's aim of sending 2YO Ripnroll (Rip Van Winkle) to the paddock as a winner was fulfilled at Te Aroha. The Cambridge trainer's plan was perfectly executed on Sunday when the promising youn...

Back to Business for Vassilator

25 JUN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

New Zealand-bred Group One prospect Vassilator is back in work at Caulfield with trainer Colin Little. The son of Zacinto won the Listed Anzac Stakes and an A$100,000 race in May, both at Flemingto...

Rip’s on a great roll

24 JUN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

A great season keeps on rolling for Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) whose smart open class daughter Sleeping Beauty looked another black type winner in waiting for her sire when scoring an easy win in the...

Prom Queen on song for Doomben

19 JUN 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Multiple stakes-winning filly Prom Queen is raring to go for Saturday’s Singapore Airlines QTIS three-year-old Plate (1350m) at Doomben according to co-trainer Kenny Rae. It will be the third and f...

Fourth Winner for Charm Spirit

18 JUN 2018 | BY TARA MADGWICK, BREEDNET

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) added another winner to his tally with a Sandown success overnight in the UK for two year-old colt Oberyn Martell. Having his second start, Oberyn Martell s...

2YO’s keep winning for Charm Spirit

16 JUN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

A good week for Charm Spirit just got better with Invincible Spirit’s triple Gr.1 winning son siring his fourth individual first-crop 2YO winner at Sandown Park in England. Following on from Charm ...

Express result for Leading Freshman Sire

05 JUN 2018 | BY RACENEWS

In a blockbuster result at the weekend, leading freshman sire ShamExpress produced a superb black-type quinella with London Express defeating Qiji Express in the Listed Castletown Stakes. "For him ...

Blockbuster result for Freshman Sire

03 JUN 2018 | BY THEINFORMANT

In a blockbuster result for Shamexpress, London Express finished over the top of Qiji Express to win the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes at Wanganui this afternoon. The young Wind...

Classic boost for Mongolian Khan

28 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Apart from back-to-back Horse Of The Year Mongolian Khan, no racehorse in history has ever won both the three-year-old Gr.1 Australian and Gr.1 New Zealand Derby classics together with the Gr.1 Cau...

Terrific weekend for young international sire

28 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

A quartet of weekend winners, including black-type success, continued a great season for young international sire Rip Van Winkle (Galileo). An impressive Melbourne/Sydney double on Saturday by Rip ...

Bastia brilliant at Randwick

27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Bastia (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has provided trainer Kris Lees with some consolation after promising colt Graff (Star Witness) was a late scratching from the Gr.2 Sires’ Produce Stakes (1350m) at Doom...

French stakes winner for Rip Van Winkle

27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The hot run of form by champion racehorse Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) continued in France overnight where his son Almorox was successful in the Listed Grand Prix De Bordeaux. Almorox proved too strong...

Mazzuro upsets Sandown rivals

27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

The prize money on offer for young stayers was the catalyst for Byerley Park trainer Paul Richards to take Mazzuro (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) to Victoria. The trip paid dividends at Sandown on Saturday ...

Rising star gains Guineas glory

27 MAY 2018 | BY RACENEWS

Mastercraftsman (Danehill Dancer) filly Alpha Centauri looked a star on the rise following her success in yesterday’s Gr.1 Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh. The three-year-old filly came from mid ...

Embrace Me impressive winner for Shamexpress

26 MAY 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Windsor Park Stud stallion Shamexpress is on a roll, with two-year-old filly Embrace Me becoming the fifth winner from the stallion’s first crop when dominating her rivals over 1115m at Werribee on...

ShamExpress colt wins by daylight

24 MAY 2018 |

Youngster makes own luck at Hastings  Smart colt Qiji Express turned his fortunes around at Hawke’s Bay with a commanding front-running performance to open his account. The son of Shamexpress worke...

Prom Queen turns stable fortunes around

21 MAY 2018 | BY NZ RACING DESK

Kenny Rae’s Queensland fortunes have turned around after a rocky start to the carnival. The Ruakaka horseman’s spirits were significantly boosted on Saturday at Doomben, where his multiple stakes-w...

The Paddocks another Royal Ascot bound 2YO for Charm Spirit

19 MAY 2018 | BY BREEDNET.COM

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) is wasting no time in kick starting his stud career, posting his third Northern Hemisphere winner overnight with a debut victory at Newbury for two year-old...