A trip to Sydney as a lead-up to a potential start in a rich restricted two-year-old race early in the New Year has attracted the attention of Shane Nichols . The Mornington-based horseman is sending Climate Change to Randwick on Saturday to contest the Drinkwise Plate (1100m). Saturday’s race will give Nichols a guide… Read More »
Williams was aboard for the four-year-old’s most significant win in the 2022 Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington and Sargent was keen to get his feedback before locking in any plans. “I just phoned (Williams) the other day and asked if he would come up for Perfect Thought and he said… Read More »
Mornington trainer David Brideoake joked that a statue should be built at Tatura racecourse of his young co-trainer Matt Jenkins. Since Jenkins, who was raised in Tatura, joined Brideoake, firstly as an assistant trainer and then earlier this year as a co-trainer, the Tatura Cup has become a go-to race for… Read More »
The most powerful training partnership in Australian racing will end in January, with David Eustace confirming he is leaving Ciaron Maher Racing to take up a position in Hong Kong. Maher and Eustace made the announcement via a joint statement on Thursday, with both describing the news as “bittersweet”. Eustace will… Read More »
The Mark Walker stable will be looking for some luck to fall their way when Rhetorical heads to Moonee Valley for the second time. A three-year-old filly, Rhetorical takes on older horses in the Moonee Ponds 3039 Traders Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The contest is a benchmark 64 grade race, and Walker’s assistant-trainer… Read More »
He is yet to finish out of the placings and boasts a decision over a subsequent Group One winner, but the lightly raced Ceowulf still needs to convince his trainer he should remain a colt. It is one of the main reasons Joe Pride is running the three-year-old in an off-season benchmark… Read More »
Clinton Taylor has enjoyed the easy wins that Astapor has had to start his career, but the Rockhampton trainer is happy to see his in-demand colt faced with a challenge at Eagle Farm this Saturday. The son of Tassort will put his Magic Millions credentials on the line in the Group 3… Read More »
Superbly related import Tazaral will bid to become the latest member of his family to win a stakes race when he heads to Eagle Farm for the Listed Bernborough Plate. The son of Fastnet Rock is a half-brother to two overseas Group 1 winners in Tahiyra and Tarnawa, and while he… Read More »
The rain in Sydney this week has been a welcome arrival for trainer John Thompson as he prepares to saddle up a trio of runners at Randwick. With Your Blessing, Deniliquin and Auspicious Cloud have won 13 races between them and 11 of those victories have been on wet tracks. With Randwick rated… Read More »
âThe most significant opportunity in the history of Sydney racing,â stated ATC Chairman Peter McGurran, with $5 billion in revenue returned to the ATC and the racing industry. âThe NSW Government agreed to commence negotiations with the Australian Turf Club on a proposal to develop Rosehill Gardens racecourse, creating 25,000… Read More »
Jordan Rolfe’s Perth Cup dreams will become clearer after he saddles up his improving four-year-old Desennea in the Listed A.T.A Stakes, the trainer’s first crack at a black-type race. The Galah gelding faces a litmus test stepping up to 2200m for the first time at Ascot today as he vies for… Read More »
There is no knock on Numerian since he arrived in Perth, but Rob Archibald says the eight-year-old will need to be at his top to win the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot on Saturday. Archibald believes if Numerian can run close to the level he displayed… Read More »
A planned attack by the Grahame Begg stable on a Stakes race first-up at Flemington has paid off with the victory of Katsu. The lightly raced sprinter took out the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) on Wednesday which may set the galloper up for a tilt at tougher sprint races in the autumn…. Read More »
Benalla-based trainer Peter Smith has been searching for a replacement for his former stable star Play Master and says he has found that horse after a maiden win at Flemington. Play Master won 15 races from his 83 starts and almost $500,000 in prize money, but Smith said Gundaroo , the… Read More »
John Sargent had extra reason to celebrate at Warwick Farm when debutante Photographics gave him a rare pre-Christmas two-year-old winner. Not only is the victory timely, it is also a family affair as the filly is leased by Sargent and his wife, along with their children Lucy and Jack. “I put my… Read More »
While many trainers might be keen to dodge a clash with the Magic Millions Classic favourite, Paul Snowden is welcoming the challenge of debutant Customized taking on Storm Boy in the B J McLachlan Stakes. Storm Boy is a long odds-on favourite to extend his record to two wins from as many… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Tom Dabernig will bring It’s Kind Of Magic to Moonee Valley as the mare shoots for a third straight victory. It’s Kind Of Magic runs in the PJA Accountants & Business Advisors Handicap (1000m) on Saturday following wins at Dunkeld and Warrnambool at her past two starts. Dabernig has used the 4kg claim of… Read More »
It has been more than two years since Sinawann last won a race, but his new trainer is confident the former Victorian has his hoof on the till. The seven-year-old hasn’t saluted since capturing the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in November 2021, although he did subsequently spend… Read More »
Jockey Josh Cartwright has been slapped with a $20,000 fine after admitting guilt to charges of training two racehorses without the necessary license. Racing Victoria stewards initiated the charges against Cartwright and licensed trainer Carly Cook after scrutinizing the training arrangement for gallopers Pintoff and Seethru, an unraced three-year-old. Cartwright,… Read More »
Neil Bainbridge, the newly appointed CEO of the Cranbourne and Pakenham ‘super club,’ has announced that the Pakenham Cup will reclaim its status as a standalone Saturday event by late 2024. The Cup had deviated from its traditional summer schedule to a Thursday night slot in the autumn, but plans… Read More »
