Magical Lagoon is SW342 for Galileo winning Friday’s Gr3 Flame Of Tara Stakes (8f) for 2yo fillies at The Curragh. Fourth on debut, Magical Lagoon had only one behind her with two furlongs to travel but knuckled down strongly over the concluding stages to run past Albula (Galileo) and score by three-quarters of a length
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Hungry Heart is the 13th Gr1 winner for Frankel winning Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. Hungry Heart had beaten the boys over 1500m in the Gr2 Phar Lap Stakes at her previous start and handled the step up in distance here, coming from last at halfway to run down the longtime leader Harmony
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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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Yulong Prince benefitted from the fierce early speed to finish best of all in Saturday’s Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. With fellow import Buffalo River setting a suicidal speed to the home turn, Yulong Prince was a little worse than midfield at the home turn having raced three wide to the turn but ready to
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Lucky Vega is the 11th Gr1 winner and SW 72 for Lope de Vega after winning Sunday’s Phoenix Stakes (6f) at The Curragh. Lucky Vega was reserved behind the early speed until being brought out into the centre of the track two furlongs out then accelerated into the lead, going clear of by 3-1/2 lengths
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Yulong has spent selectively at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and on Tuesday added the dual Group1-winner Viddora for $2.55m. The daughter of I Am Invincible was offered in foal to Lope de Vega on a southern hemisphere covering. After an opening bid of $1 million Yulong and bloodstock agent James Harron went head
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Victorian stud Yulong has continued its big-spending by securing a controlling stake in Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa. Yulong secured a share of CF Orr Stakes winner Alabama Express earlier in the week before beating out strong competition from Hunter Valley studs for a large stake in Tagaloa (Lord Kanaloa). The Trent Busuttin and Natalie
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