ARO - FIRST WINNER FOR MICROPHONE

Recent Meetings

GREYVILLE - POLY - 9 Dec 2025
Races at GREYVILLE - POLY - 9 Dec 2025
- C STAKES over 1000m, RAN 71,250 UNITED NATION (SAF) 2021, wins by 0.3 length(s) in 57.54 secs...
- APPRENTICE CLASS 5 (F & M) over 1200m, RAN 47,500 BEAUTIFUL RANIA (SAF) 2021, wins by 0.8 length(s) in 70.92 secs...
- CLASS 4 (F & M) over 1400m, RAN 65,312 MRSGLITTERSPARKLES (SAF) 2022, wins by 1.4 length(s) in 83 secs...
- APPRENTICE CLASS 5 over 1400m, RAN 59,375 WINTER WAVES (SAF) 2017, wins by 1.9 length(s) in 82.39 secs...
- C STAKES over 1600m, RAN 71,250 EVENTIDOR (SAF) 2018, wins by 0.6 length(s) in 94.92 secs...
- OPEN MAIDEN over 1600m, RAN 53,438 PARLIAMENT SQUARE (SAF) 2021, wins by 1.5 length(s) in 96.83 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1000m, RAN 59,375 MALSHANA MOU (SAF) 2022, wins by 3.3 length(s) in 58.06 secs...
- OPEN MAIDEN over 1200m, RAN 53,438 GORGEOUS BOMB (SAF) 2021, wins by 1.4 length(s) in 70.69 secs...

FIRST WINNER FOR MICROPHONE

22 Nov 2023 10:08

Darley Stud’s Microphone is off the mark with his second starter, Pulpit, making a winning career debut in the Doubtland 1st Yearlings Selling 2024 @widdenstud Maiden Plate (1200m) at Doomben on Wednesday.
Ridden by Martin Harley for Barry Lockwood, Pulpit wrested the lead off Mishani Crown shortly after straightening and quickened impressively to defeat the experienced Pierata colt Rockrata by two and a quarter lengths

The Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner and runner-up in the Golden Slipper and Randwick Guineas, Microphone, has 56 live foals in his first crop. His fertility has increased in each of his two subsequent seasons.

Microphone stands at Darley, Kelvinside, for a fee of $33,000.

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Calandagan has been crowned Cartier Horse of the Year at the 35th Cartier Racing Awards, also claiming the prize for Older Horse. Francis-Henri Graffard’s four-year-old was not out of the top two in five starts …

WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS

LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Leading Horses click here for complete rankings Rank Horse Rating Trained 1 CALANDAGAN (IRE) 130 FR 2 OMBUDSMAN (IRE) 128 GB 3 DARYZ (FR) 127 FR 3 FIELD OF GOLD (IRE) 127 …

HORSE OF THE YEAR RETIRED

Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, has been retired to the paddocks as a broodmare at John Sikura’s Hill ’n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa near Paris, Kentucky. Trainer Kenny McPeek announced the news …

WORLD’S BEST RANKINGS

Through Oct. 5, Godolphin’s dual-group 1 winner Ombudsman remains atop the latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025. The son of Night of Thunder boasts a 128 rating following victories in this year’s Juddmonte …

VALE WOOTTON BASSETT

Outstanding sire Wootton Bassett has died at the age of 17 at Coolmore Australia. Coolmore confirmed his death from pneumonia on Tuesday. A post from the operation on X read: “Wootton Bassett, one of the …