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Emotional Doomben Cup Win for Cinque Cento

Cinque Cento scored an emotional upset success for owner Stuart Ramsey and trainer Peter Moody in the AUS$500,000 Doomben Cup (Aus-I) at Brisbane's oval on May 19.

 Saturday, May 19, 2007

Timely Win for Aussie Star Bentley Biscuit

Bentley Biscuit overcame a slow start to win the Brisbane Turf Cup (Aus-I) at Doomben on May 12, prompting trainer Gai Waterhouse to declare the 5-year-old the best sprinter in Australia.

 Sunday, May 13, 2007

Gate Issue Apparently Ends Aqua d'Amore's Career

Susan Magnier's Australian standout Aqua d'Amore appears headed for the breeding shed after failing a barrier exam April 20 that will prevent her from running in Hong Kong's Champions Mile (HK-I) at Sha Tin on April 29.

 Sunday, April 22, 2007

Understudies Prevail in Adelaide Group I Events

Anamato and Universal Queen, in the shadows of the leading Australian fillies Miss Andretti and Miss Finland all season, broke through with group I wins at Morphettville on April 21.

 Sunday, April 22, 2007

Gallic a Courageous Sydney Cup Winner

Gallic, a horse that has fought enough injuries to fell half of a Kentucky Derby field, won the AUS$800,000 Sydney Cup on the final day of Randwick's fall meeting April 14.

 Sunday, April 15, 2007

Desert War Caps Waterhouse's Final Day Domination

Ageless warrior Desert War led the charge for the Gai Waterhouse barn as the trainer won three group I events on the final day of the four-day Randwick Fall Carnival.

 Sunday, April 15, 2007

Meurice Stakes Claim to Australian Juvenile Crown

Meurice may have secured top honors in the national rankings for 2-year-olds with his success in the Champagne Stakes (Aus-I) at Randwick on April 14.

 Sunday, April 15, 2007

Bentley Biscuit Off to England After Aussie Success

Gai Waterhouse will attempt her first training success in England with Bentley Biscuit this summer. Bentley Biscuit secured his English trip with a second group I victory on successive Saturdays.

 Sunday, April 15, 2007

Rena Lady Wins Australian Oaks

Rena Lady, by a classic-winning Danehill son, sprung an upset in the Australain Oaks (Aus-I) at Randwick on April 11.

 Thursday, April 12, 2007

Patience Pays as 'Biscuit Wins on Australian Derby Day

Bentley Biscuit rewarded the patience of his owners and collected an appropriate group I victory for trainer Gai Waterhouse on Australian Derby day April 7.

 Sunday, April 08, 2007

Camarilla Provides Elusive Quality With Aussie Group I

Camarilla supplied Elusive Quality with his first Australian group I when she powered home to win the AJC Sires' Produce Stakes (Aus-I) at Randwick on April 7.

 Sunday, April 08, 2007

Fiumicino's Australian Derby Win Sets Zabeel Apart

On a rain swept Randwick oval April 7, Fiumicino won the Australian Derby (Aus-I) April 7 to make Zabeel the only stallion to sire four winners of the prestigious race.

 Saturday, April 07, 2007

Two Rich Group I Wins for Aussie Star Damien Oliver

Melbourne's top jockey Damien Oliver wowed them with a pari of group I wins on one of Sydney's biggest racing days March 31, almost on the second anniversary of a race fall which threatened his life and his saddle career.

 Sunday, April 01, 2007

Haradasun Provides Milestone for Fusaichi Pegasus

Haradasun belatedly delivered on his promise to provide Fusaichi Pegasus with his first group I in the southern hemsphere when he captured the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on March 31.

 Sunday, April 01, 2007

'Pie' Closes In On Australian Derby With Guineas Win

Of the dozen aspirants for the Australian Derby (Aus-I) to prep in the Rosehill Guineas (Aus-I) on March 24, the pair least likely on breeding were the first two home.

 Sunday, March 25, 2007

Tuesday Joy Overcomes Doubts to Win Tad Kennedy

Trainer Gai Waterhouse had to work overtime to convince owner John Singleton and his racing manager, Duncan Grimley, to even run Tuesday Joy in the Coolmore-sponsored Tad Kennedy Stakes (Aus-I) March 17. She responded with a game win in the mud at Rosehill.

 Sunday, March 18, 2007

Desert War Rules Again in Front-Running Rawson Win

Desert War has many popular wins on his resume, but his Rawson Stakes (Aus-I) at Rosehill on March 17 is right up there with the other 10 victories despite a poor turnout.

 Sunday, March 18, 2007

Princess Coup Completes Aussie Double in NZ Oaks

Australian-breds completed an unprecedented classic New Zealand double when Princess Coup stormed away to win the NZ Oaks (NZ-I) north of the nation's capital, Wellington, on March 17.

 Sunday, March 18, 2007

Pompeii Ruler Reigns Over Australian Cup

Sunday Silence grandson Pompeii Ruler made his first major victory an emphatic one in the AUS$1 million Australian Cup (Aus-I).

 Sunday, March 11, 2007

Miss Finland Finally Beats Males in Aussie Guineas

Miss Finland advanced another step in her quest for greatness while defeating the males in the AUS$750,000 Australian Guineas (Aus-I) March 10.

 Sunday, March 11, 2007

Miss Andretti Motors to Newmarket Handicap Win

In the euphoria which followed Miss Andretti's record breaking Newmarket Handicap (Aus-I) success on March 10, Lee Freedman placed the mare on the same elevated plane as Makybe Diva.

 Sunday, March 11, 2007

Redoute's Dancer Makes History in New Zealand Derby

Redoute's Dancer and his conditioner Tim Martin created history as the first Australian-trained winner of the New Zealand Derby (NZ-I) at Ellerslie racecourse on March 3.

 Sunday, March 04, 2007

He's No Pie Eater Springs Huge Upset in Sydney

He's No Pie Eater is not the most tasteful name to inflict upon a noble Thoroughbred. But it has not stopped him joining some of Australia and New Zealand's finest, including Phar Lap, on the list of Chipping Norton Stakes (Aus-I) winners.

 Sunday, March 04, 2007

Aqua d'Amore Glides to Aussie Futurity Success

Coolmore-owned mare Aqua d'Amore became the vehicle for Danehill's 80th individual grade I winner in upstaging her Futurity Stakes' rivals at Melbourne's Caulfield oval on March 3.

 Sunday, March 04, 2007

Undue Gains Respect in Oakleigh Plate Triumph

Undue grabbed his second major sprint with a grandstand finish to land the Oakleigh Plate (Aus-I) at Caulfield on Feb 24.

 Sunday, February 25, 2007

Blue Diamond Shines Bright for Dunn Again

Dwayne Dunn completed a rare three-peat in a major with his grand ride on Sleek Chassis in the $1 million (Australian funds) Blue Diamond Stakes, (Aus-1) on Feb 24.

 Sunday, February 25, 2007

Miss Andretti Powers to Another Aussie Grade I Victory

Miss Andretti powered her way to a third group I win for the season in taking the William Reid Australia Stakes (Aust-I) at Melbourne's Moonee Valley racecourse Feb 17.

 Monday, February 19, 2007

Andretti Namesake Takes Aussie Group I

Miss Andretti, named for Mario Andretti, had enough horsepower to win Australia's first group I of the year, the Lightning Stakes.

 Sunday, February 04, 2007

Madonna's Win Divine as Melbourne Carnival Ends

Divine Madonna vindicated the judgement of trainer Mark Kavanagh with a last-to-first performance in the Emirates Cantala Stakes (Aus-I) on the final day of the 2006 Melbourne Cup Carnival Nov. 11.

 Sunday, November 12, 2006

Postponed-Sired Dorabella Wins NZ Guineas

Postponed, the Summer Squall son to win the 2000 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II), sired his first grade I winner in New Zealand when Dorabella defeated 15 others in the country's championship race for 3-year-old fillies Nov. 11.

 Sunday, November 12, 2006

Melbourne Carnival Breaks Attendance Mark

The four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival attendance record was smashed on Saturday when 78,158 people attended Emirates Cantala Stakes Day at Flemington.

 Sunday, November 12, 2006

McEvoy Sustains Head Injury at Flemington

Kerrin McEvoy will be hospitalized for several days with bruising to the brain after a two-horse fall in the opening race at Flemington on Oaks day Nov 9.

 Thursday, November 09, 2006

Miss Finland Takes Victoria Oaks; Has Other Goals

Miss Finland is set to campaign in the Northern Hemisphere after landing her third major win of 2006 in the Victoria Oaks (Aust-I).

 Thursday, November 09, 2006

Japanese Stablemates Play Winning Tune in Melbourne Cup

Delta Blues and Pop Rock journeyed from Japan to etch themselves and crew into Australian folklore with a titanic finish in the Nov. 7 Melbourne Cup (Aust-I).

 Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Efficient Makes Defensive Play in Victoria Derby

Within minutes, the news switched from a grand Victoria Derby (Aus-I) win on Nov 4 as to whether Efficient would attempt to break a 65-year drought for 3-year-olds in the Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) three days later.

 Sunday, November 05, 2006

Danehill Dominates Victoria Derby Undercard

Victoria Derby Day at Flemington boasts no less than five grade I events and three of the four Derby support races fell to offspring of Danehill sons Nov. 4.

 Sunday, November 05, 2006

'Omagh Goes Out a Winner in Epic Cox Plate

Fields of Omagh manufactured a sensational career finale with a stunning last-to-first victory in the $3 million (Australian) W.S. Cox Plate (Aus-I) at Moonee Valley on Oct 28.

 Sunday, October 29, 2006

New Claim: Arsenic Poisoning Killed Phar Lap

Arsenic killed Australasia's greatest racehorse Phar Lap near San Francisco 74 years ago, a new scientific study alleges. The story in the Rupert Murdoch-owned (Melbourne) Sun-Herald suggests that the finding 'reveals' that Phar Lap was poisoned.

 Monday, October 23, 2006

Tawqeet Squeaks By in Caulfield Cup Upset

Sheikh Hamdan gained another major Australian success when his Kingmambo son, Tawqeet, triumphed in a dramatic Caulfield Cup (Aus-I) Oct 21.

 Sunday, October 22, 2006

Miss Finland Takes Australian Thousand Guineas

Miss Finland regained her territorial right as the leading filly of her age with a last-to-first win in Australia's One Thousand Guineas (Aus-I) at Caulfield Oct. 18.

 Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Wonderful World Wins Caulfield Guineas for Cummings

A half-century and almost 250 grade I winners separate Australian racing icon Bart Cummings and his Caulfield Guineas (Aus-I) jockey, Luke Nolen. But they shared a famous victory with Wonderful World in Australia's spring championship for 3-year-olds at a mile on Oct 14.

 Sunday, October 15, 2006

Red Dazzler Delivers Promise in Toorak 'Cap

Red Dazzler had promised a southern grade I success for Red Ransom, and crew from the time he hit the tracks running early last year. And although belated, the colt delivered with a grand win in the $350,000 (Australian funds) Toorak Handicap (Aus-I) on Oct 14.

 Sunday, October 15, 2006

Growl Gives Sire Montjeu a Caulfield Cup Shot

Montjeu's southern success as a sire has not kept pace with the Hurricane Run-led charge in Europe. But Coolmore's Sadler's Wells son has a live chance in next Saturday's $2.5 million (Australian funds) Caulfield Cup (Aus-I) with the aptly named Growl.

 Sunday, October 15, 2006

Tawqeet Gives Kingmambo First Aussie GI Win

Kingmambo sired his first Southern Hemisphere grade I winner as the U.S. bred Tawqeet won the $600,000 (Australian) Metropolitan Handicap (Aus-I) at Randwick on Oct 7.

 Sunday, October 08, 2006

Racing To Win Takes Major Step to Cox Plate

Racing To Win elevated himself to within sight of the summit with a history-making success in the Epsom Handicap (Aus-I) at Randwick on Oct 7. First prize for the heaviest-priced favorite in the 140-year history of the famous mile advanced his earnings to almost $3 million (Australian).

 Sunday, October 08, 2006

Monashee Mountain Gets First Aussie Group I Winner

Monashee Mountain garnered his first Australian group I victory with La Montagna's win in the $1 million (Australian funds) Stradbroke Handicap (Aust-I) at Brisbane, Eagle Farm oval June 10.

 Sunday, June 11, 2006

Rahy Gets Group One Winner in Australia

Three Chimneys Farm stalwart Rahy has garnered another first with a group I winner in Brisbane, Australia.

 Monday, June 05, 2006

More Than Ready Gets Third Group I Winner in Australia

It was a long way from Louisville, Ky., but Vinery enjoyed a big day out on South Australian Derby day at Adelaide's Morphettville May 7.

 Sunday, May 07, 2006

Marju Snip Takes Australasian Oaks

Marju Snip, a daughter of a former shuttling son of Last Tycoon, collected the biggest southern success for her sire in taking the Australasian Oaks (Aust-I) at Morphettville April 29.

 Sunday, April 30, 2006

Eremein Triumph Spoils Danehill Sweep

Eremein, a belated southern advertisement for his sire, Timber Country, took his earnings past $4 million (Australian funds) in winning the $800,000 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Aust-I) at Randwick April 22.

 Monday, April 24, 2006
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