Chad Schofield doesn’t care about the margin as long as he is at the top of the Sydney apprentices’ premiership at season’s end. The youngster has been riding interstate and at the provincials while the senior jockeys have taken centre stage over the Sydney autumn carnival in recent weeks. But [...]
Jockey Luke Nolen has promised South Australian racegoers an even better performance from unbeaten champion Black Caviar in an ominous warning to her rivals in the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. Nolen is thrilled with the progress the Peter Moody-trained mare has made since her first-up win in Adelaide’s Sportingbet [...]
Kathy O’Hara is hoping to play her part in continuing Gai Waterhouse’s run of feature race success at Rosehill on Saturday. O’Hara has been called on by Waterhouse to partner Group One winning stayer Herculian Prince in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m). Waterhouse has prepared a winning treble at [...]
Trainer Joe Pride believes Sydney sprinter Neeson has the X-factor to win the Group One BTC Cup at Doomben on Saturday. Pride, who has won seven Group Ones, declared Neeson his favourite horse since he began training 10 years ago. “Sacred Choice won two Group Ones for me in the [...]
The chances of smart New Zealand three-year-old Malandrino running at Doomben on Saturday hinge on the outcome of sales negotiations. Trainer Murray Baker brought Malandrino across the Tasman for next month’s Group One Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm and planned to launch his winter campaign in Saturday’s Group Three [...]
A 170-room hotel with a view down the finishing straight will be built at Sydney’s oldest racetrack. NSW Racing Minister George Souris and the Australian Turf Club (ATC) on Thursday unveiled plans for the four-star complex which will be built trackside at Royal Randwick Racecourse. Mr Souris said the project [...]
Neil Godbolt would like a stable full of horses like tough as nails filly Never Doubt Me. And the Port Macquarie-based trainer wishes he hadn’t relented when it came to the ownership of the nine-time winner who has earned more than $177,000. Godbolt paid $8000 for the daughter of Not [...]
William Buick does not believe the switch to the Polytrack will inconvenience Thought Worthy in the Derby Trial at Lingfield on Saturday. Thought Worthy was runner-up to Imperial Monarch in the Classic Trial at Sandown on heavy ground last month and Buick is pleased the John Gosden-trained colt will not [...]
After his best ever National Hunt season, Donald McCain turned his attentions to the Flat and saddled the first two home in the Chester Cup through Ile De Re and Overturn. The latter was attempting to add his name to the illustrious list of dual winners. Heavy rain just before [...]
Apprentice Ben Vassallo returned to city racing with a winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, four months after breaking his ankle at the same track. Vassallo went into the meeting confident of victory aboard the Guy Walter-trained Millenium Ruler in the Rotary Club of Liverpool Handicap (1100m). But the race [...]