Archive for category: News

  • Moor says track won’t worry Mawingo

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 5:00 pm

    Melbourne jockey Daniel Moor has no fears about German import Mawingo falling victim to the tricky Gold Coast track in the Group Two Hollindale Stakes on Saturday. Moor has had only a handful of rides at the Gold Coast but is confident of a breakthrough win on Mawingo following his [...]

     
  • Famous Seamus ready for hometrack feature

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 4:30 pm

    Noel Mayfield-Smith prepared the first winner at a Hawkesbury stand-alone Saturday meeting and now hopes to land one of the feature races on the provincial club’s showpiece day. Mayfield-Smith will saddle-up lightly-raced Famous Seamus in Saturday’s $150,000 Listed Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) and says he’ll be disappointed if the gelding isn’t [...]

     
  • Angel Of Mercy to miss Gold Coast Bracelet

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 4:27 pm

    A heavy track is set to force favourite Angel Of Mercy out of the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet and concerns are mounting over how New Zealand Oaks winner Miss Artistic will cope in the conditions on Saturday. Trainer Gerald Ryan said a heavy track would rule Angel Of Mercy out [...]

     
  • Logans rolling the Stradbroke dice

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 3:42 pm

    Co-trainers Donna and Dean Logan will use the Listed Prime Minister’s Cup at the Gold Coast as a pointer for a possible Stradbroke Handicap mission for New Zealand sprinter Durham Town. The Logans concede Saturday’s 1300m feature is a roll of the dice to gauge Durham Town’s ability against the [...]

     
  • Alma’s chasing breakthrough stakes win

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 3:36 pm

    Paul Murray is wary of the Gai Waterhouse juggernaut continuing in Saturday’s Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury but hopes a weight advantage for Alma’s Fury can prove a telling factor. Waterhouse’s stable runners carved up the Sydney autumn carnival with Alma’s Fury twice on the receiving end. The consistent Alma’s [...]

     
  • Doubt over HK Mile favourite

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 2:30 pm

    If one of the most popular theories in Hong Kong racing carries any weight, almost half the field in Sunday’s Group One Champions Mile have the odds stacked against them. The good news for the connections of Australia’s lone entry King’s Rose is that she is among the “right” group [...]

     
  • Martin has faith in Stay Schtum

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 2:21 pm

    When Tim Martin first laid eyes on Stay Schtum at the sales he thought he was close to the perfect yearling. At Hawkesbury on Saturday, Martin will find out if the youngster can convert those looks into racetrack success. By Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense out of Flora Danica, runner-up [...]

     
  • Bodemeister to buck history in Derby

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 2:06 pm

    Trainer Bob Baffert is counting on talent to overcome a lack of experience when he sends early favourite Bodemeister out for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. Bodemeister was dazzling when he won the Arkansas Derby by 9-1/2 lengths but the colt did not race as a two-year-old and [...]

     
  • Ryan chasing successive Ken Russell wins

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 2:06 pm

    Trainer Gerald Ryan is confident of claiming successive wins in the Listed Ken Russell Classic at the Gold Coast with talented Sydney youngster Dances On Stars. Ryan won the 1200m feature last year with Hot Snitzel who went on to run a close third in the Group Two Champagne Classic [...]

     
  • O’Brien holds sway in 2000 Guineas

    Australian Horse Racing May 4, 2012 12:48 pm

    Camelot is a short-priced favourite to succeed the great Frankel in Saturday’s 2000 Guineas and provide his Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien with a sixth success in the English classic. Camelot assumed command of the pre-post market after following up his debut win at Leopardstown last July with an impressive success [...]

     
 
 
 
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