Exciting prospect Cherry Tortoni has capped an unbeaten first campaign in the Taj Rossi Series Final while two-time AFL premiership-winning coach Denis Pagan has kicked off his thoroughbred training career with his first runner placing at stakes level. The Patrick Payne-trained Cherry Tortoni made it three wins from as many… Read More »
Tough stayer Humbolt Current has come a long way since the days he was owned by the Queen but he might finally have found his niche in Queensland. Humbolt Castle ($4.60) took trainer Chris Waller’s season earnings in Queensland metropolitan races past $4 million when he won the Tattersall’s Arcade… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price will turn his attention to the spring carnival with promising filly Sense Of Honour who has again highlighted her potential with victory in the Next Generation Sprinters Series Final at Flemington. Sense Of Honour made it two city wins from her first three starts in Saturday’s 1200m… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss has labelled Randwick as one of the wettest tracks he has ridden on after guiding Edison through the mud in the opening race. The surface was officially put up as a heavy 9 on Saturday but Boss was adamant it was further along… Read More »
Apprentice Tayla Childs, daughter of retired champion jockey Greg Childs, has produced a front-running ride on a wet and wintry day at Bendigo to snare a milestone first win of her riding career. Childs, 24, had her first race ride two months ago at Echuca for her boss, Caulfield trainer… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald has had a three-week riding ban reduced to seven days by the Racing NSW Appeals Panel. The panel upheld the stewards’ decision that McDonald’s effort on beaten favourite Threeood at Randwick last month breached the running and handling rule but reduced his penalty by two-thirds…. Read More »
West Australian trainer Neville Parnham is at a loss to explain the last-start failure from Malibu Style and is hoping to see him bounce back in his defence of the All Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Saturday’s Listed 1200m sprint is also likely to prove telling in whether the… Read More »
A fact-finding mission this winter will help trainer David Payne determine if untapped youngster Bazooka has the wares to figure in the spring. The horse kicks off his campaign in the opening race at Randwick on Saturday when he takes on older rivals. It is not a perfect scenario but… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien rates this year’s Winter Championship Series Final as a strong editional of the Listed race at Flemington but he is happy to be saddling up favourite Plein Ciel. Plein Ciel has impressed in his two starts since joining O’Brien’s stable early this year, closing from… Read More »
A filly whose yearling X-rays almost condemned her to life as a broodmare will chase her third career win at Randwick, a track which also holds family significance. The Joe Pride-trained De Grawin has defied veterinary experts to make a bid as a racehorse and the results, so far, have… Read More »
The rapid rise of Tony Gollan as Queensland’s premier trainer will again be emphasised if Nicci’s Spirit can give him his 50th Listed race win. Gollan has trained 62 stakes winners including three in Group One company. He has won 49 Listed races, seven Group Threes, three Group Twos. Gollan… Read More »
Black Caviar’s latest foal has already been named by connections. The son of Black Caviar by leading stallion I Am Invincible has been named I Am Caviar but fans will need to wait for what will be a highly anticipated start to the horses racing career with the colt unlikely… Read More »
Million-dollar earner Fiesta returns to her pet distance as she aims to add to trainer Chris Waller’s impressive feature race record for Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds. Fiesta will be having her 21st start in stakes class in the Listed Bright Shadow (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Bright Shadow… Read More »
In a move that has angered some racing fans Group One winner Humidor will again be on the move to another stable with the multiple G1 winner to be trained by Chris Waller. Humidor who is currently in WA racing for Lindsey Smith will make the move back to the… Read More »
On the day leading NSW bush trainer Matty Dunn was asked whether he thought a permanent move to Rosehill would be on the cards soon, he comes out, flexes his muscles, and nearly trains the program. At Murwillumbah on Thursday, Dunn had runners in all 6 races. He trains his… Read More »
Disqualified Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie had some of his penalties for presenting horses to race with prohibited substances reduced on appeal. Currie, who was the leading trainer in Queensland on winners, has been on the sidelines for more than a year after a series of inquiries. His nominations have also… Read More »
Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy believes two-year-old filly Toyz On Fire has taken big strides forward in her first racing preparation which has brought a late-season stakes race at Flemington into focus. Toyz On Fire has earned her chance in Saturday’s Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) for two-year-olds having won a… Read More »
One of the countries most talked about horses Alligator Blood could bypass the Spring Carnival. Trainer David Vandyke is contemplating bypassing Melbourne’s Spring Carnival with his sights set solely on next years All Star Mile. “I doubt you will see him in the spring (in Victoria) because we’ve got The… Read More »
Matt Dunn is facing a significant career decision as the country NSW trainer contemplates a possible move to Sydney. Based at Murwillumbah in the NSW northern rivers region, Dunn has had a small team of metropolitan-class horses stabled in Sydney during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseen by his wife Keira, the… Read More »
Trainer Colin Little is banking on Vassilator’s liking for Flemington as a key factor as the gelding chases a second stakes victory. The Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final on Saturday is the culmination of a series of races of which Vassilator won a heat of on June 6. Already… Read More »
