Trainer Gerald Ryan has Queensland Oaks ambitions for talented filly Angel Of Mercy who booked her passage north with a determined win in Saturday’s Listed James HB Carr Stakes at Randwick. Ryan had originally hoped to start Angel Of Mercy in some of the middle distance fillies races during the [...]
Racing Queensland Limited has acted swiftly to save the Group Two Victory Stakes and Group Three Gunsynd Classic following the abandonment of Saturday’s Eagle Farm meeting. Both races will now be run at Eagle Farm on Wednesday with new nominations and acceptances closing on Monday. However, the Victory Stakes will [...]
Mike de Kock, who has done so well in Hong Kong with Ballydoyle cast-offs such as Eagle Mountain and Archipenko, will be looking to repeat the trick at Sha Tin on Sunday. The South African handler fields Viscount Nelson in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup as the former Aidan O’Brien [...]
Richard Hughes has the plum ride of Trumpet Major to look forward to in the 2000 Guineas on his first week back from a 50-day ban. Richard Hannon’s stable jockey and son-in-law had to sit out Trumpet Major’s win in the Craven Stakes over the full Rowley Mile at Newmarket [...]
RACE 1 James HB Carr Quality race for the 3 year old fillies , Hallowell Belle isconsistently and Ever The Same is a last start listedwinner who can win. Back Me: Ever The Same is the filly on the up here and can win again also Anthony Cummings was [...]
Stephen McKee knows what to expect from grand campaigner King Mufhasa but says the unknown of just how good Atlantic Jewel is makes for an interesting contest in Saturday’s All Aged Stakes. King Mufhasa, a nine-time Group One winner, is one of only three runners under double-figure odds for the [...]
Colin Scott has every reason to be nervous looking at the star-studded Queen Elizabeth Stakes field. But the Pakenham-based trainer, who will saddle up outsider Speediness in the $500,000 feature, is looking forward to the challenge. The Group One Queen Elizabeth (2000m) has a cast featuring a Melbourne Cup winner, [...]
Greg Eurell remains hopeful that Red Colossus can turn around his recent poor form when he jumps in distance at Caulfield. The stakeswinning five-year-old has disappointed at his three runs this campaign but the Cranbourne trainer said he would have no excuses in Saturday’s Monjon Security Handicap (1800m). “It certainly [...]
The Bart Cummings stable has taken the blinkers off and applied winkers to Australasian Oaks favourite Empress Rock in order to get the best out of the filly in Saturday’s Group One feature at Morphettville. The master trainer has prepared 264 Group One winners and has the chance to increase [...]
Another outstanding book of feature race rides at Randwick on Saturday has Nash Rawiller set to wrap up the George Moore Golden Whip for the Sydney Carnival’s leading jockey. Rawiller has had a carnival to remember with major race victories in the Golden Slipper and Doncaster Mile, along with other [...]