Indholdsfortegnelse for March 2024 i Turf Monthly

Storm Boy was an outstanding winner of the Magic Millions in January and, if all has gone well as we count down to the Golden Slipper, he will be among the favourites for our greatest 2yo race. While only two horses in Phelan Ready and Dance Hero have won the Millions/Slipper double, Storm Boy looks a live chance as he is not necessarily bred to be the traditional early 2yo star. While his racing performance may not show this, his pedigree certainly does. But first, his racing performance up to the Magic Millions. The colt made his first public appearance at the Rosehill trials on 27 October where he impressed with an easy win over 900m, jumping to the lead and never being under any pressure. Second was a colt…

It is hard to imagine a speedier or more precocious example of the Australian thoroughbred than Vain. To this day, he remains to many the greatest example of the breed. He tasted defeat only twice in a fourteen start career, both times in Group 1 races where he ran second while a long odds-on favourite. Interestingly, Vain was to only start in black figures twice in his career. He was 6/1 at his first start in the Debutant Stakes and 9/2 in the Golden Slipper. It is also probably no coincidence that Vain was beaten in the AJC Sires’ Produce over 7f (1400m) and the Moonee Valley Stakes over 8f (1600m). He was to atone for his defeats and set the record straight by winning over 7f and 8f in…

Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 31 August 1935, page 20 DENIS BOY THERE are few horses at the stud in Australia with better breeding and racing credentials than Denis Boy, who is the principal sire in the Tatyoon stud, in the Canowindra district of New South Wales. Denis Boy was sent out to Australia as a yearling to be raced by Mr. R. Wallace, for whom he was trained by Frank McGrath, who always regarded this Irish bred horse with great affection. He had good reason for his fondness for Denis Boy, as, not only was he blessed with a fine disposition, but he was a very genuine racehorse. He won the Caulfield Cup carrying 7.0, but a much better performance was that in the Metropolitan, in…

Following are the fields and finishing positions in the last three Golden Slippers. We have also looked at the form of the runners post-race and it makes for interesting reading. What appears to stand out is the path that many of the colts in particular now follow. The days of going on to chase the Derbies is long gone. It is races like the Golden Rose and the Coolmore that seem more likely to be the goals to add value to a stallion career. Oddly, the Caulfield Guineas which was once the go-to race for stallions seems to not have the same importance. This is especially odd when we can say that likely the two best colts to have come out of the Slipper in recent years, in Anamoe and…