Gai Waterhouse and Nash Rawiller continued on their winning way at Canterbury on Wednesday when they combined with classy two-year-old Sherocksmyworld. The trainer and jockey combination dominated the Sydney autumn carnival with seven Group One wins and Sherocksmyworld could get her chance at the elite level in Brisbane next month. [...]
Trainer David Brideoake is confident tough frontrunner Dance With Her can bounce back from her last start Sydney failure when she tackles Thursday’s Listed Warrnambool Cup. Brideoake said he was prepared to forgive the five-year-old for her fading second last to Western Symbol in the Listed JRA Plate (2000m) at [...]
Patinack Farm trainer John Thompson is hopeful the Queensland Oaks-bound Pretty Pins can give Michael Cahill a successful homecoming in the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet on Saturday. Cahill returned home to the Gold Coast this week following a stint in Mauritius and is set to become one of the main [...]
Black And Bent equalled Lots Of Time’s record for the most successive wins by a jumper when he chalked up his ninth straight victory in the Galleywood Hurdle at Warrnambool on Wednesday. Steven Pateman was relieved to have won the $100,000 feature for the first time after several attempts while [...]
Star Queensland sprinter Buffering sent a chilling warning to his Group One BTC Cup rivals with a slashing seven-length victory in the Coca-Cola Amatil Handicap at Eagle Farm on Wednesday. Buffering, ridden by Jim Byrne, made a one-act affair of the 1200-metre weight-for-race race leading all the way to defeat [...]
James McDonald will be out to add a Group One success in Hong Kong to his list of achievements when he partners Xtension in Sunday’s Champions Mile at Sha Tin. New Zealand’s premier jockey, McDonald has been booked to partner the John Moore-trained Xtension in the feature race. Xtension is [...]
John Wheeler will shoot for his fifth victory in the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool with Tobouggie Nights and he believes the gelding has the right credentials to deliver it. The six-year-old has won five of his 12 jumps starts and three out of five over the big fences, including [...]
Playwright will be trying to put two consecutive wins together for the first time in four years in the Spotless Handicap at Flemington on Saturday. A frustrating galloper, the seven-year-old broke a 13-race run of defeats last start when he landed the National Jockeys Trust Handicap (2000m) at Flemington, which [...]
A home track advantage has boosted trainer Noel Doyle’s confidence in talented three-year-old Biggles making a successful comeback in the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas on Saturday. Biggles hasn’t raced since finishing a close fifth to Punch On in the Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast in January [...]
Twelve months after giving trainer Joan Pracey one of the biggest thrills of her career, Upstacker will head to Hawkesbury on Saturday in an attempt to trump it. The gelding claimed the two-year-old Inglis bonus race at Hawkesbury’s stand-alone Saturday meeting last year, a special victory for his locally-based trainer. [...]