Lindsay Park legend Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will look to maintain a perfect record in an early season Group One race at Flemington. Mr Brightside has run in the Gr.1 Makybe Stakes (1600m), run at Flemington on Saturday, for the past three years, posting wins on each occasion. In
Marton trainer Fraser Auret is happy to play the waiting game with his multiple stakes-winning mare Khanshe (NZ) (Mongolian Khan). He resisted the temptation to nominate her for any of the Group One legs of the Triple Crown series to do right by the late-blooming daughter of Mongolian
Tough Cambridge mare Churchillian (NZ) (Churchill) has run her final race, with the multiple Group Three winner retired ahead of the upcoming breeding season. The Tony Pike-trained daughter of Churchill proved a model of durability and consistency, winning 11 of her 28 starts Her three black-type victories included
In a full-circle moment, Group Three performer Prioress (NZ) (Proisir) is being reoffered on gavelhouse.com this week following her retirement from racing. The daughter of Proisir was initially trained in Palmerston North by Lisa Latta, for whom she won four races before being offered on gavelhouse.com two