The ability to overlook Ceolwulf’s X-ray blemishes pays off

Syndicators Kingmakers has a new racehorse in Sydney with their trainer Joe Pride who won his most recent trial.

The multiple G1 winner overcame a heavy track to prevail in a tight finish in the $300,000 G2 Neville Sellwood Stakes.

On Saturday 1 February, Kingmakers will debut its brand new jockey silks with Kevin Stott, riding their race favourite.

Shaun Clotworthy will plot a path towards the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby with their promising 3-year old Interplanetary.

A desperate finish saw exciting 3-year-old Lupo Solitario defeated talented filly Orchestral by the barest of margins.

Sydney trainer Joe Pride and Kiwi owner Leighton Howl have made relatively rare appearances at Karaka’s Ready to Run Sale and even fewer in tandem, but their joint purchase from the 2022 edition of the sale has taken them to Group One heights.


Two weeks after his brilliant Group One breakthrough in the Epsom Handicap (1600m), the New Zealand-bred rising superstar Ceolwulf conquered an even stronger line-up over the same course and distance in Saturday’s A$5 million Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Danica Guy’s talented three-year-old Lupo Solitario has been sold to Hong Kong. A son of Satono Aladdin, Lupo Solitario announced himself with a bold winning performance on debut in August 2023, attracting extensive offshore buyer interest.