The A$3,500,000 Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside claimed one of Australasia's most iconic races when the colt peeled three-wide on the home turn under Tommy Berry. With a brilliant burst of acceleration, Stay Inside put the race to bed in a matter of strides. It was left to Godolphin’s top-class Street Boss (USA) colt Anamoe to mount any sort of challenge. Coming from second last, Anamoe gave Ra ...

Australian Racing Hall of Famer Let’s Elope, who completed the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double in 1991, has earned induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Let’s Elope will take her place alongside fellow Melbourne Cup-winning New Zealand-bred greats of the turf including Carbine (1890), Phar Lap (1930), Rising Fast (1954), Might And Power (1997), and Ethereal (2001), at the Hall of Fame. ...

A dual Gr. I winning mare Srikandi, who was knocked down to Tom Magnier for A$2 million at the 2019 Inglis Chairman’s Sale, produced her first winner in March. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, 3YO Snitzel filly Heroes was a crowd favourite when resuming from a spell in the 1000m maiden at Gosford and saluted in style. Fourth and third at her only previous outings last year, Heroes was ridden fo ...

Willow Park stud is no stranger to sale-topping drafts. Willow Park will offer a bumper draft of nine at next week’s Easter Yearling Sale, of which Glenn Burrows finds it hard to pick just one highlight. Their 2021 draft includes nine yearlings, one Lot 299 out a very speedy Stakes-winning sprinting mare Exclusive Lass by Champion sire Snitzel. “The colt, who is the mare’s second foal is closely ...

Horse Racing Ireland owner relations manager Aidan McGarry has been named as the new general manager of Navan racecourse, and is set to take over the reins next week. The development comes as the Meath track's current boss Peter Killeen retires from a 40-year career in Irish racing, although he will remain an independent director on the board of the Association of Irish Racecourses. HRI chief exe ...