David Payne has reinforced his support for juvenile distance races with two runners in Monday’s 1800m race at Randwick. The Rosehill trainer said such races were not uncommon in his native South Africa and he was pleased with Racing NSW’s initiative to introduce them in Sydney. De La Lago is [...]
Racing manners will be key to the chances of talented filly Miss Spoken when she resumes at Randwick on Monday. The three-year-old was diagnosed with a throat disorder at the end of her last campaign, shedding some light on the reasons for her mixed form. Third to star filly Sea [...]
Geelong apprentice Damien Thornton is enjoying the ride on Awesome Hearted who will be chasing her fourth win a row at Mornington. Thornton, 16, who claims three kilograms, is unbeaten in three races on the five-year-old mare who he hopes will give him his first metropolitan class win in Monday’s [...]
Midweek meetings in Brisbane have received a boost with prizemoney to increase from $13,000 to $17,000 per race. Further incentives to be introduced include $10,000 bonuses for 42 midweek races for two and three-year-olds under the Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme (QTIS). Racing Queensland Limited (RQL) on Sunday announced the increases [...]
Union Rags has charged along the rail in the final moments to edge Paynter by a head and win the 144th Belmont Stakes. The exciting finish brightened some of the gloom shadowing the event a day after Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another was retired from racing because [...]
Tracey Bartley will look at raising the bar for San Zaim on the back of the mare’s first Saturday metropolitan win at Rosehill. With apprentice Lauri Wray replacing an ill Jackson Matthews, San Zaim ($9) powered to the line for a two-length win over Disputes ($14) in the Santos Coffee [...]
He came, he saw and he conquered – former Brisbane boy Peter Moody returned to where his amazing career started and capped an outstanding day at the office when Lights Of Heaven won Saturday’s Brisbane Cup at Eagle Farm. Lights Of Heaven’s win was the final leg of a feature [...]
Leading apprentice Chad Schofield gave his great grandmother Joy the ideal birthday present with victory aboard Winning Glory at Rosehill on Saturday. “She turned 92 today,” Schofield said of his great grandmother. “She rang me before the races today and asked me to ride a winner for her and I’m [...]
For the first time in their careers, Sydney’s riding twins Tommy and Nathan Berry fought out the quinella in a stakes race at Rosehill on Saturday. Tommy came out the victor on the John O’Shea-trained Alberton Park in the Listed June Stakes (1100m) but it could been a different story [...]
Adelaide trainer Ken Sweeney made a rare and successful Melbourne raid when outsider Riziz landed the Listed Creswick Stakes at Flemington. In a remarkable training performance, the three-year-old won Saturday’s 1200-metre feature five weeks after his last-start win over 1600 metres in the Listed Adelaide Guineas. Sweeney’s cousin Paul Sweeney [...]
