Sydney’s premiership leading jockey Hugh Bowman is far from running scared of star filly Mosheen and is confident Streama has the ability to topple the favourite in Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes. The two Group One-winning fillies will clash for the first time in the 2000m Group One feature at Rosehill [...]
Christian Reith hit top form ahead of his first Golden Slipper ride with a winning treble at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Reith will partner the Gerald Ryan-trained filly Cavalry Rose in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill and ensured his confidence was sky high with victories on Emotional Circus, [...]
One of the best mares in Australia, Cox Plate winner Pinker Pinker, has died after reportedly suffering a reaction to a routine treatment. Trained in Victoria by Greg Eurell, Pinker Pinker was due to contest the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. The Eurell stable [...]
Anthony Freedman is likely to dodge star colt All Too Hard with Sandown winner Boban in the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick on Saturday week. Boban, wearing blinkers for the first time and with the ear muffs off, was sent out at $11 in the Schweppes Hcp (1400m) [...]
Two years ago she was an unwanted juvenile – now consistent Gold Coast galloper Ma Royal Hiney is a valuable race mare bound for a productive career in the breeding barn. Ma Royal Hiney, left behind by her former owner, repaid the faith shown in her by trainer Bryan Guy [...]
Sprinter-miler Chasm will be in unfamiliar territory when he steps out over 2000 metres in the Easter Cup but trainer Brendan McCarthy is looking forward to the challenge. McCarthy said the seven-year-old had been a great campaigner over the shorter distances, including a Group One placing in the 2010 Emirates [...]
Jim Conlan’s patience with Larry’s Never Late could be about to be rewarded with the gelding finally over injury issues which have severely restricted him for nearly two years. Conlan said Saturday’s Group Three Victoria Handicap was an important stepping stone for the talented six-year-old who is being aimed at [...]
James McDonald’s path to his first Golden Slipper ride on Ashokan started seven months ago on an early spring morning at Randwick. As McDonald prepared to put two of John O’Shea’s three Golden Slipper hopefuls through their paces in their final serious hitout this week, both trainer and jockey reflected [...]
James Cummings believes recent editions of the Group One BMW provide a reason for optimism with stakeswinning stayer Precedence. Cummings, foreman in Sydney for his legendary grandfather Bart, says Precedence needs to run the race of his life to topple the fancied stayers on Saturday but the honour roll shows [...]
One trainer not so pleased to see the sun shining in Sydney this week is Matthew Smith. Smith will saddle up Hurtle Myrtle in the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday when she will clash with the likes of glamour mare More Joyous and [...]