Bad news to start the week...Vinery Stud says that 2009/2010 Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy died on Monday morning shortly after delivering her first foal. Tracy was retired from racing following her last stride win in the Grp 1 CF Orr Stakes last year and was was sent to Darley based Street Cry in her first season at stud. The superstar mare died earlier this morning at Vinery Stud. It's not yet known if her colt foal survived.Good news to start the week...Talented Kiwi apprentice R
Bad news to start the week...Vinery Stud says that 2009/2010 Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy died on Monday morning shortly after delivering her first foal. Tracy was retired from racing following her last stride win in the Grp 1 CF Orr Stakes last year and was was sent to Darley based Street Cry in her first season at stud. The superstar mare died earlier this morning at Vinery Stud. It's not yet known if her colt foal survived.
Good news to start the week...Talented Kiwi apprentice Rosie Myers will return to Brisbane and it's likely she'll stay here permanently. Brisbane trainer Kelso Wood says Myers will be riding at Doomben on Saturday after a holiday in Thailand and a short return to New Zealand to see her family in New Plymouth. He says: 'Rosie is leaning towards moving here fulltime, although there still is an option for a loan arrangement from New Zealand on her apprenticeship for a few months."
UK star Frankel could face at least one serious rival when he lines up for the Juddmonte International - in the shape of St Nicholas Abbey. The world's highest-rated horse is scheduled to tackle 10 furlongs (2000m) for the first time at York on Aug 22, in a race sponsored by his owner, Khalid Abdullah. Cirrus Des Aigles has been confirmed an absentee, with Nathaniel seemingly more likely to head for the Irish Champion Stakes. But Aidan O'Brien looks set to target the Group One showpiece with dual Coronation Cup and Breeders' Cup Turf hero St Nicholas Abbey.