No Speak Alexander is the first Gr1 winner for Shalaa winning Saturday’s Matron Stakes at Leopardstown. Settled in third place to the home turn as Shale set the pace, No Speak Alexander gradually asserted her superiority over Shale to strike the front a furlong out with Mother Earth and Pearls Galore looking to come through
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A Written Tycoon colt for $1.1m, topping the opening day of strong trade at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale on Monday. The colt, out of the juvenile stakes winner Gtbe (Fastnet Rock) was eventually knocked down to agent James Harron and is the second highest lot sold in a Premier sale. Harron was standing with
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King Shalaa is the second SW for Shalaa winning Sunday’s Listed Prix de la Californie (1600m) at Cagnes-sur-Mer. King Shalaa drove through along the inside shortly after the start and then made all the running, clear around the final turn and staying on gamely to hold Fort Payne (Rio de la Plata) to score by
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Castelvecchio (pictured winning the Champagne Stakes) has been retired and will stand alongside his sire Dundeel this season at Arrowfield Stud. Arrowfield principal John Messara cited the uncertainty around racing with the current corona virus as the main reason behind the decision. “Due to the current economic upheaval caused by COVID-19, we have mutually agreed
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