The Black Caviar family enjoyed another significant week on the track, with champion mare Black Caviar featuring as the grandam of two impressive maiden winners. Ready Forcocktails (Snitzel) broke through in dominant fashion at Kensington last Wednesday before Panchenko (Street Boss {USA}) produced an outstanding debut performance to score by more than five lengths at Bendigo on Sunday. […]
One to Watch – Bendigo – Good Week for the Black Caviar Family
One to Watch – Bendigo – Good Week for the Black Caviar Family Tara Madgwick – Sunday July 5 Undefeated world champion sprinter Black Caviar is yet to produce a horse with anything even remotely close to her ability in the five winners we have seen from her to date, but a grand-daughter of the […]
Riverbank’s Attachment to Prince of Caviar
When the opportunity arose to stand Prince of Caviar at their Riverbank Farm, owners Russell and Caroline Osborne didn’t hesitate. A lot – a LOT – of winners have emerged from their Benalla, Victoria property, especially for the breed to race crowd, and the Osbornes are convinced Prince of Caviar fits the bill. The name […]
Breeders brace for quiet season
Operators of smaller, non-commercial stallion farms in Victoria are bracing for a quieter spring in the covering shed. Russell Osborne, who manages six stallions at his Riverbank Farm property, said several of his clients have already flagged their intention to downscale their interests. He said the rising costs to breed and race a horse, as […]
Black Caviar Strikes for the First Time as a Grand-Dam
The record breaking $10million sale of the first foal of Winx earlier this week put the spotlight on champion mares and one undefeated champion whose offspring have never hit the sale ring is Black Caviar and she featured as the grand-dam of a winner at Wyong on Thursday which got us thinking about how many […]
Consolation for Winx’s Half-Sister City Of Lights
After missing a run when balloted out of last Saturday’s Group III Epona Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill, City Of Lights earned a consolation of sorts in a benchmark 78 over 1800m at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. Ridden by Chad Schofield for Joe Pride, the half-sister to Winx travelled sweetly off the torrid pace set by Nash […]
Australia’s Busiest First Season Sires 2023
Anamoe might have retired to stud as Australian Horse of the Year with nine Group I wins on his glittering CV, but in the breeding barn in terms of popularity in numbers he has not finished first. Anamoe was a big drawcard at the Darley stallion parades last year. The most successful G1 winner Godolphin […]
Winx’s Half-Sister City Of Lights Impresses at Canterbury
A Deep Impact (JPN) half-sister to Winx, City Of Lights appeared for the first time in fifteen weeks to claim a benchmark 72 over 1550m at Canterbury on Friday night, encouraging connections to target black-type in the near future. Ridden by Tim Clark for Joe Pride, City Of Lights travelled in fourth and fifth spots […]
Riverbank Farm Offer Value and Fertility
The reputation of renowned South Australian breeder Harry Perks has been in the spotlight this spring with a new flurry of stakes performers headed by Group I MRC Toorak Handicap winner Attrition and stakes-winning three year-olds Air Assault and Arctic Glamour, who both hold Group I aspirations. A breeder who plans matings for the racetrack […]
Winx’s sister wins on debut
Regally bred filly City Of Lights has made a perfect start to her racing career, winning on debut at Geelong on Sunday afternoon. The half sister to Winx, being by Deep Impact from the mare Vegas Showgirl, City Of Lights was backed into favouritism at $3 and settled off the pace from the inside barrier […]