The Tony and Maddysen Sears training partnership had mixed fortunes at Doomben on Saturday with their boom three-year-old Steady Ready having to settle for second place on his return to action as a $1.40 favourite before their four-year-old mare Goldeel righted the ship and sent them home with an impressive… Read More »
Trainer Ashley Maley believes Sluice Box could be vulnerable this afternoon in the Coolgardie Tyre Service-Coolgardie Cup (1760m), despite support from punters. With the scratching of pre-race favourite, Savage One, Sluice Box and the Stephen Miller-trained No Apology currently share equalling billing ($3) in Tabtouch markets. Sluice Box resumes first up for… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has teamed with a new jockey manager following the disqualification of Mark Van Triet in July. Rayan Moore, also the Racing Manager for Ballarat-based trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy, has taken over following Van Triet’s disqualification by Racing NSW Stewards for betting on races in NSW that riders he managed rode in. Van Triet is disqualified until December forcing Oliver to find a… Read More »
Champion South African trainer Mike De Kock is slowly building a team of horses in Australia that he hopes one day may race in Dubai. With his son Mathew in a training partnership with Robbie Griffiths at Cranbourne, de Kock was in Melbourne during the week looking over the team. He saw South African galloper Najem… Read More »
The chance to dodge Sydney’s big gun sprinters and test the waters in Melbourne will be enough to lure Mark Newnham south with improving gelding Big Parade. The Group 1 placegetter will resume in the Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on September 23 and if he shows a liking… Read More »
Jye Mcneil recognised the list of top jockeys who had previously been awarded the Scobie Breasley Medal as he became a recipient for the first time in Melbourne on Saturday. At 27-years-of-age, this prize followed McNeil’s first Melbourne Jockeys Premiership last season. From growing up on a dairy farm to… Read More »
Victory in the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June capped a 2021/2022 season where Nature Strip took his tally of wins at the highest level to eight, and for those performances was crowned the Australian Racehorse of the Year for the second time. Capturing The Everest… Read More »
A Group l winner confirmed his spot in the Cox Plate, Sydney produced another horrendously biased track while the Melbourne Spring has taken some level of shape with internationals. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Mr Brightside Dominant… Read More »
The Group 1 Thousand Guineas could be on the agenda for Troach after the Godolphin filly scored a comfortable win at Moonee Valley. The victory in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) on Saturday was the filly’s third from eight starts, coming at her first start in Melbourne. Providing Craig Williams the second leg of a winning double having… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is the mission for Knights Order after he capped a memorable afternoon for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott with a commanding first-up victory in the Chelmsford Stakes. Having his first start since claiming the Sydney Cup in the autumn, the gelding gave the Tulloch Lodge trainers a… Read More »
Having had her resolve tested by the ever-worsening conditions at Randwick, Annabel Neasham admitted to a feeling of relief as Zaaki landed back-to-back wins in the Tramway Stakes. With a number of horses late withdrawals from the meeting as track conditions deteriorated, Neasham was left questioning whether she had made… Read More »
Queensland trainer Robert Heathcote has fond memories of Moonee Valley through the exploits of multiple Group 1 winner Buffering. A five-time winner at The Valley, Buffering also won the Group 3 McEwen Stakes (1000m) in 2011 which 11 years later the trainer was able to claim with Rothfire on Saturday. In a one-two finish… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes have some thinking to do after Mr Brightside took out the Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. Saturday’s victory in the Group 2 weight-for-age race over 1600m provides Mr Brightside with a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on October 22…. Read More »
Bookmakers might have been happy to take on Eduardo, but his Concorde Stakes rivals proved no match for the evergreen sprinter as he sailed to a facile first-up win. A surprising betting ring drifter as strong support came for eventual fourth placegetter Andermatt ($2.80), Eduardo eventually started a $2.70 top… Read More »
Chris Waller has continued his domination of the Wyong Cup claiming the first four from his five runners in the Listed event. Success in the 2100m race on Friday also provided Waller with his eighth win from the past 11 editions of the Wyong Cup. Former UK galloper Durston ($6.50) scored his second Australian win… Read More »
Pat Duff has still got it! “I’ve been training for just on sixty years now,” said the veteran trainer when pressed about his longevity in the game, although, the last thing he would ever want to do is talk about himself. There was a twinkle in his eye when he… Read More »
With five of the eight runners in the race and the likes of McDonald, Bowman, Pike, Ford and Sherry and guiding their fortunes, it was no surprise that the Chris Waller stable earned a clean sweep of the placings in the 2022 Wyong Cup which was decided today. Waller’s eighth… Read More »
The iconic Birdsville Races look set to beat the odds again, as event organisers today announced plans to kick-start the legendary Race carnival tomorrow – after heavy rain forced postponement of the race program by a day. Strong winds and easing rain have improved track conditions, while thousands of punters… Read More »
Frankie Dettori will keep the ride on Verry Elleegant when last year’s Melbourne Cup winner goes out in search of her seventeenth career victory at Longchamp on September 11, in what will be her second start in Europe. As reported by thoroughbredracing.com.au, co-owner Brae Sokolski has confirmed the race date,… Read More »
The good times look set to continue for trainer Stefan Vahala-both short and long term. The 36-year-old has a small team of horses in work, but has hit a purple patch of form in recent weeks. Stefan Vahala has trained four winners from his past five runners with former Kiwi galloper… Read More »
