Veteran jockey Jeff Lloyd escaped serious injury when he fell from We’re Ready at Doomben on Saturday. We’re Ready was running third on the home turn when it appeared to dip and dislodged Lloyd who was sent tumbling along the track. After being treated by ambulancemen Lloyd was able to… Read More »
The Wagga Wagga Gold Cup is the next port of call for quirky mare Gypsy Diamond who has finally lived up to her ability with victory in the Group Three JRA Plate at Randwick. Senior trainer Peter Snowden said her first win for the stable he runs with his son… Read More »
Stewards ordered the late scratching of a Ricky Maund-trained horse from a race at Caulfield on Saturday on suspicion it had been treated on raceday. The Maund-trained Uncle Keithy was scratched from the VOBIS Gold Reef less than 20 minutes before the start after stewards opened an inquiry following a… Read More »
On a stellar day for trainer Peter Moody, stud-bound Dissident has strengthened his hold on the Horse of the Year title with victory at his final start in the Group One All Aged Stakes. Moody came to Randwick on Saturday for the final day of the carnival with three runners,… Read More »
A switch in plans has led to a bigger payday for the owners of Fontein Ruby. Trainer Robert Smerdon had intended sending Fontein Ruby to Adelaide for a Group Three race but instead kept the filly at Caulfield on Saturday to collect the winner’s purse in the Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria… Read More »
Wyong galloper Mount Nebo will be given his chance in stakes company after maintaining an unbeaten Queensland record at Doomben on Saturday. Starting favourite, Mount Nebo ($2.70) was given the run of the race by jockey Damian Browne before scoring a regulation win in the Canadian Club Handicap (1200m). Mount… Read More »
Trust In A Gust’s final Victorian race didn’t go to script as the dual Group One winner was beaten by Red Bomber in an upset at Caulfield. Red Bomber ($51) peeled off the back of the odds-on favourite inside the final 200m and dived late to defeat Trust In A… Read More »
Top sprinter-miler Dissident has bowed out of racing with a Group win, claiming the $400,000 All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Making his own luck at the front of the field under evergreen jockey Jim Cassidy, Dissident lifted to beat the three-year-old Wandjina in the last stride. The victory gave Peter… Read More »
The colours made famous by champion racehorse Kingston Town were carried to victory at Caulfield on Saturday. An inaugural inductee into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame, Kingston Town won three Cox Plates for Tommy Smith. While Fleur Fatale, a debut winner of the VOBIS Gold Ingot (1200m), is unlikely… Read More »
A filly trainer Peter Moody thought was too small to race as a two-year-old has taken out the final leg of Sydney’s juvenile Group One triple crown. Moody always believed Pasadena Girl would come into her own next season, and her Champagne Stakes win over 1600m at Randwick on Saturday… Read More »
Country trainer Andrew Murray was moved to tears when Sunday Escape raced to victory at Caulfield on Saturday. The win gave the Sale trainer his first city success with a horse which only scraped into the field on race morning after being fourth emergency in a capacity field. Murray, who… Read More »
Pasadena Girl has underlined her rating as a stayer of the future with a come-from-behind win in the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick. Unwinding from well back in the field, Pasadena Girl needed the entire length of the famous Randwick straight to win the $400,000 race. After being sent… Read More »
Talented filly Slightly Sweet has put the seal on a successful autumn campaign with victory in the James HB Carr Stakes at Randwick. Her win on Saturday was the second Group Three success of her preparation which also yielded minor prize money in the Group Two Light Fingers and Surround… Read More »
Linda Meech maintained her unbeaten record aboard Miss Promiscuity when they combined at Caulfield on Saturday. Miss Promiscuity was having her first start for the David Hayes and Tom Dabernig training partnership when successful in the Mitsubishi Electric Superscreen Launch Plate (1100m). The daughter of Magnus started her career with… Read More »
A win over 2000m in the Frank Packer Plate has opened up spring options for Hi World. Trainer Peter Moody says the High Chaparral colt will now go to Queensland, not to race over the winter carnival, but to spend time in the paddock with the sun on his back…. Read More »
Trainer Donald Baker’s formguide study helped him find bargain-buy Hello Hornsby, a winner at Doomben on Saturday. Hello Hornsby ($9.50) charged home to grab De Lago Jet ($71) and win by a half head in the Coca Cola Amatil Handicap (1050m). The filly had four starts in Victoria for a… Read More »
A jumping career awaits Jileks Spur after the Ciaron Maher-trained stayer scored an easy win in Australia’s longest Flat race. Jileks Spur made a clean sweep of the Marathon Series when he took out the Final over 4000m at Caulfield on Saturday. The son of Flying Spur had scored in… Read More »
Popular New Zealand racing identity Philip Vela has died peacefully at his home. With his brother Peter, Philip Vela founded New Zealand Bloodstock after buying Wrightson Bloodstock in 1997. The brothers, who also operated one of New Zealand’s largest fishing companies, bred and raced many good horses, most notably 2001… Read More »
Criterion and Red Cadeaux have stepped on to familiar ground for a light work-out at Sha Tin ahead of their clash in the QEII Cup. Criterion beat the English horse to win last Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick and the pair arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday. At his… Read More »
Trust In A Gust is the best credentialled horse running at Caulfield on Saturday and has been backed accordingly. The dual Group One winner resumes in the $150,000 VOBIS Gold Sprint (1200m) under set weights conditions and is easily the highest-rated horse in the race. Trust In A Gust, who… Read More »
