Peter Snowden has continued his incredible affinity with the Hawkesbury stand-alone meeting, adding the Gold Rush to his list of feature race wins courtesy of talented sprinter Zealously. Snowden has been supporting the program since its inception and has claimed the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) seven times and the Guineas (1400m)… Read More »
For trainer Nathan Doyle, his emotions were a mix of exhilaration and relief after Churchill’s Choice made her winning run virtually next to the outside running rail. “She has been a frustrating mare as she’s always had the ability but hasn’t won one of these stakes races,” Doyle said. “But… Read More »
Country Championships Final winner Chidiac has made a successful transition to stakes grade with a narrow but determined victory in the Group Three Hawkesbury Crown. In doing so, she has provided rising apprentice Braith Nock his 300th career win and an early double on the stand-alone card after his triumph… Read More »
Skyhook proved there is no substitute for class and put himself firmly into the Stradbroke Handicap conversation with a brilliant all-the-way win in the Group 3 $250,000 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday. A riding plan devised by trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexious was carried out to the… Read More »
Promising sprinter Golden Straand continued his form surge and is making a compelling case to be given his chance at stakes level after another brilliant win at Hawkesbury on Saturday. Golden Straand settled back in the field early, jockey Nash Rawiller cut the corner and the powerful four-year-old did the… Read More »
Lindsay Park’s domination of the richest race on Bendigo’s Golden Mile program continued on Saturday when the Hayes brothers produced the well-related Marffiano to win the VOBIS Gold Rush. Tycoon Star’s half-brother led home a Lindsay Park quinella when he defeated Resonant in the race for two-year-olds that carries $250,000… Read More »
Stormy Marco made an impressive debut and led home a Chris Waller stable trifecta as hot favourite Tenenbaum flopped in the Clarendon Stakes (1400m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday. The two-year-old feature is the traditional opener at the Hawkesbury stand-alone and is often used by Waller to prepare his emerging two-year-olds… Read More »
Australian sprint star Asfoora is set to resume her northern hemisphere campaign at Newmarket after drawing barrier 11 for the Group 3 Palace House Stakes. The Henry Dwyer-trained mare heads into the five-furlong contest as the highest-rated runner in the field, boasting an international mark of 115. She will again… Read More »
Yellow Brick, who won the $1.5 million Magic Millions QTIS Open over 1300m at the Gold Coast in January, will take aim at a second $1 million race win at Rockhampton on Sunday where he currently holds down the second favourite status for The Archer. In the process Yellow Brick… Read More »
Bianco Vilano completed the rare Riverina big-race double when he defeated a classy field in the Listed $200,000 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup (2000m) at Wagga Wagga on Friday. Trained by the highly respected Ron Stubbs, Bianco Vilano became only the fourth horse to complete the Albury Cup–Wagga Wagga Gold Cup… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is quietly confident imported galloper Zahrann can make a strong impression when he debuts in Australia at Bendigo on Saturday. The Irish-bred entire will line up in the Listed Golden Mile (1600m), his seventh career start, bringing solid European form to his local debut. Bendigo has… Read More »
Leading jockey Jamie Melham will be sidelined for the middle part of May after receiving a 10-meeting suspension for careless riding at Ballarat on Thursday. The ban will commence following next week’s Group 1 The Goodwood meeting at Morphettville, with Melham eligible to return to riding on May 19. It… Read More »
A New South Wales trainer has been handed a six-month ban following an inquiry into the handling and care of an injured racehorse that was later euthanised. Racing NSW Stewards concluded proceedings against licensed trainer Julie Lynch after investigating the circumstances surrounding the injury and subsequent treatment of seven-year-old gelding… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien will be looking to tick off another box when Cannae runs in the South Australian Derby at Morphettville. O’Brien has 23 Group 1 winners to his credit and has, on occasions, been a shareholder in the ownership of some of those wins. But to date he has not owned a… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has high hopes for imported galloper Zahrann who will make his Australian debut at Bendigo. The Listed Golden Mile (1600m) on Saturday will be the Irish-bred galloper’s seventh race start, and he comes to Australia with some good form behind him. Bendigo has been dubbed the ‘Nursery of Champions’ with horses the… Read More »
The James H B Carr Stakes might have been the race that got away for Karinska, but she has another golden opportunity to land an overdue stakes win in the Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas. The filly was desperately unlucky at Randwick when James McDonald angled her to the outside to… Read More »
Well-travelled sprinter Way To The Stars will return to his home state for the first time in more than a year at Hawkesbury where trainer Matt Smith expects him to run a bold race. A dual Listed winner, Smith says the gelding has had genuine excuses at his past two… Read More »
Held in Saudi Arabia on 9 February, the International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses staged its 10th Annual Conference in conjunction with the 41st Asian Racing Conference. In opening, HRH Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al Faisal, JCSA Chairman and SE Authority stated “Horse racing, like all horse sport, is… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) has confirmed its 2026/27 racing calendar, highlighted by the return of Group 1 racing to Sportsbet Sandown and a series of transferred feature meetings from Moonee Valley. Sandown Hillside will take centre stage during the 2026 Spring Racing Carnival, hosting two Group 1 contests, including… Read More »
Having finished runner-up last year, champion jockey Craig Williams will again head to Rockhampton for the $1 million The Archer (1300m) on Sunday, booked to ride none other than Rothfire for Robert Heathcote. Both horse and rider are a big pull for the Rockhampton Jockey Club, with the slot race… Read More »
