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Western Australia Calling After Rey’s Flemington Thriller
As he has now done for the past three seasons, the Robbie Griffiths trained Magnus gelding Rey Magnerio has secured black type during the Flemington carnival, winning the $200,000 Listed VRC Century Stakes (1000m) on Oaks Day.
Platinum Attack Goes Back to Back Listed Pegasus Crown
Central Districts raider Platinum Attack proved himself a cut above his rivals when dashing home to defend his crown in Saturday’s Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton.
Cox Plate Redemption As Birdman Wins G1 Champions Stakes
Having finished second last start in the Cox Plate, Chris Waller’s Birdman (GB) reversed the finishing order to defeat race victor Cosmic Crusader (NZ) on Saturday in the $3m G1 VRC Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.
Golden Year for Magic Graduates Highlight MM 2027
Some of the richest and most influential age specific races for horses in Australia come in Sydney and this year Magic Millions graduates –four of them colts- have won the $5million Group I Golden Slipper (1200m 2YO’s), the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m 3YOs ), the $10million Group I ATC Golden Eagle (1500m 4YOs) and the $2m Group III ATC Five Diamonds (1800m 5YOs).
Waikato Stud Win G2 Matriarch With Savabeel Mare
Saturday 7 November will be a date that lives in the memory of the Chittick family and everyone involved in their Waikato Stud breeding operation as they produced a winning double on the last day of the 2026 Melbourne Cup Carnival with longshot prospect Sun Gift (NZ) (Savabeel) winning the Gr 2. Matriarch Stakes (2000m) and talented Super Seth mare Superfabulistic saluted in a Benchmark event.
Magic Millions Vendors 2027 – That Widden Feeling!
The release of the 2027 Magic Millions Yearling Sale has seen a change in the ranking of vendors by representation with Widden Stud taking over from Yulong as the biggest vendor at this sale.