The Doncaster Mile hasn’t been the happiest hunting ground for leading jockey Hugh Bowman but the signs point to Shoot Out changing that at Randwick on Saturday. Bowman has not managed a place in the 1600-metre feature with his best result to date a fourth aboard Aqua D’Amore five years [...]
Warwick Farm trainer Joe Pride missed out in Sydney’s richest sprint but he has three chances in a helter-skelter race which holds a time-honoured place in the autumn carnival on Saturday. Pride will start Ladys Angel, Title and News Alert in the $350,000 Group One Galaxy (1100m) at Randwick confident [...]
Driefontein, an eye-catching Golden Slipper performer, will be out to end her two-year-old season on a high note in Saturday’s Listed Keith Mackay Quality at Randwick. The Magic Millions winner went into the $3.5 million Golden Slipper unbeaten from four starts but lost her chance when she bungled the start [...]
The rain gods have answered trainer Tony Gollan’s prayers as he chases his first win at the elite level with Temple Of Boom in the Galaxy at Randwick on Saturday. Gollan has left Temple Of Boom in the care of Rosehill trainer Tim Martin and was delighted to hear heavy [...]
Trainer David Payne is hoping a long-range plan will come to fruition at Randwick on Saturday when Honorius contests the Listed Fernhill Handicap. Payne won the race in 2006 with Gallant Tess and finished second with Cocky Raider 12 months ago and believes Honorius is well credentialled for this year’s [...]
Shane Scriven will begin the next chapter in his near 30-year riding career when he reunites with veteran stayer Scenic Shot in the Listed Members’ Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Scriven doesn’t call it a comeback although the 45-year-old resumes his career following a lengthy spell on the sidelines [...]
Gai Waterhouse won’t hear of More Joyous being beaten in the Doncaster – wet or dry – but the chances of the favourite starting on a heavy track are slim. Rain hit Sydney on Tuesday, downgrading the Randwick track to a heavy (8) and the weather is not expected to [...]
Aliyana Tilde is by an Oakleigh Plate winner but trainer Kerry Parker decided early on that the filly was an Australian Oaks prospect. Aliyana Tilde will take aim in Saturday’s Group One Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick and Parker is heading into the 2400m Classic believing the daughter of Snitzel [...]
Trainer Eric Musgrove says Our Aristocrat will be “spot-on” for his first showdown of the season with Australia’s champion hurdler Black And Bent at Sandown. Our Aristocrat, winner of last year’s Australian Hurdle, and Black And Bent who won the 2010 Australian Hurdle, are among only five runners in Wednesday’s [...]
Victoria’s Spring Racing Carnival has boosted the state’s economy by more than $578 million, with attendance at events back on the rise after a five-year decline. More than 691,000 people attended the races during the 2011 carnival, according to a Racing Victoria study, released on Tuesday. The figure is an [...]