Tropical Squall has been a force in Sydney’s features for three-year-old fillies so far this season and now a new challenge awaits her as she bids to add to her Group One tally. Sydney has staged two Group One races for three-year-old fillies so far this season – the Flight Stakes… Read More »
The training partnership of brothers Ben, Will and J D are living the dream with multiple Group 1 winner Mr Brightside in their stable. The New Zealand-bred galloper has provided firstly Ben and J D and later Will, when he joined the training ticket, with 16 victories from 31 starts, six… Read More »
Capitalist colt Holmes A Court laid down his Group 1 Golden Slipper claims with a commanding win in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m) at Canberra. The victory continued the near quarter of a century drought for odds-on favourites in the race with a game run from the highly fancied… Read More »
Excelleration is a horse in form and with a jockey who is just the same, trainer Richard Cully is hoping those positives continue as his seven-year-old galloper steps up to the two miles of the Group 2 Adelaide Cup on Monday. For Cully, taking on a race over 3200-metres is an achievement… Read More »
Star galloper Zaaki is a chance to resume in the George Ryder Stakes on Golden Slipper day after passing a crucial test at Randwick. Neasham and jockey James Mcdonald were thrilled with the nine-year-old’s enthusiasm during an exhibition gallop on Saturday when he worked with recent stable addition Mighty Ulysses (Tom Marquand). The… Read More »
Fab’s Cowboy has brought up win No. 52 surpassing Walk Cool’s modern day race record at start number 150 at Mount Isa Race Club on Saturday. Fab’s Cowboy who started his racing career in November 2015 has surpassed Walk Cool’s modern day race record of 51 wins in modern day… Read More »
Fittingly in the week of International Women’s Day, women jockey and a pair of fillies featured with winning and riding honours on Queensland’s premier day for QTIS racing with the running of the 2yo and 3yo Jewel events. The QTIS Jewel 2yo (1200m) saw an army of ‘Mishani’ runners for… Read More »
Octogenarian Les Bridge has become the oldest trainer since Bart Cummings to win a Group 1 feature at Randwick, and he has done it in the same race. The Cups King was 87 when he claimed the 2015 Randwick Guineas with Hallowed Crown, who he trained in partnership with grandson James. Bridge, who… Read More »
In-form mare Lady Laguna has turned giant killer, upsetting Everest winner Think About It and top mare Espiona to land her first major in the Canterbury Stakes. Her jubilant trainer Annabel Neasham said while she wasn’t expecting the win, she also wasn’t entirely surprised given the set-up of Saturday’s Group 1 race. “I can believe… Read More »
Godolphin colt Traffic Warden has defied a wide draw and a jinx on Blue Diamond Stakes participants to claim an all-the-way win in the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. Jumping from the widest gate under Jamie Kah in the Group 2 contest over 1400m for two-year-olds, Traffic Warden showed tremendous early… Read More »
The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained Autumn Angel has overcome a luckless first-up run to score in a Stakes race at Flemington. Moody queried whether the filly had the fitness on her side prior to the running of the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) on Saturday after her first-up run at… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Kah was moved to tears after guiding Cylinder to an emotional win in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday. It was the second successive win in the Group 1 feature handicap over 1200m for the ‘Royal Blue’ colours of Godolphin after In Secret took out the race last year. Kah… Read More »
An unexpected e-mail from Racing Victoria had Taranaki based trainer Robbie Patterson reaching for the phone to call the owners of Puntura to tell them their horse had received a late invitation to compete in the $4 million All-Star Mile at Caulfield on March 16. It was too good a… Read More »
A jockey has been handed a six-month ban following his involvement in betting on horse races. Dale Evans, a seasoned jockey with a remarkable career spanning 14 years and nearly 1,000 wins, underwent an inquiry in Queensland, Australia, prompted by information provided to stewards by two prominent betting operators. Evans… Read More »
David Vandyke is arguably one of the most astute trainers in the country. One of his biggest assets is his patience and the finely measured way in which he brings his horses along, trying not to push any horse beyond its capabilities at any given time, having long since mastered… Read More »
Kris Lees continued his recent dominance of the Group 3 Newcastle Stakes as Rustic Steel provided the local trainer with his fifth win in the 1400-metre feature in the past six editions. Ridden by Sam Clipperton , the six-year-old speared to the lead in the early stages to overcome being posted out wide… Read More »
Aztec Ruler has yet to realise his trainer’s ambition, a couple of hiccups and small setbacks has stymied his progress. But, the horse has talent and started to show that flair last year in the winter during a Belmont campaign. The Universal Ruler four-year-old made it to seven races in two… Read More »
When Robert Heathcote last brought a feature race runner to the Gold Coast, he walked away having trained the winner of the $3 million Magic Millions Guineas courtesy of Abounding’s committed finishing effort in a pressurised battle which carried the filly to a hard-earned victory. On Saturday, Heathcote will be… Read More »
No trainer … or anybody involved in racing as a whole for that matter … is more respected than Helen Page. The way she presents herself … the way she conducts herself … the calm and kind attitude she brings with her presence … the humbleness that is always in… Read More »
Bella Nipotina and Ruthless Dame will attempt to give the Ciaron Maher a first win in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Trainer Ciaron Maher is happy to exploit the handicap conditions of one of Australia’s toughest sprint races at Flemington on Saturday. Maher will saddle two mares in the Group 1… Read More »
