BART DOES IT AGAIN “We did it again,” was Bart Cummings’ understated summation of the outstanding So You Think’s magnificent win in the 2009 Cox Plate. The three-year-old was having just his fifth race start when he toyed with his rivals in Australasia’s weight-for-age championship, leading all the way to [...]
Recently-retired multiple Group One winner Jimmy Choux will stand at New Zealand’s Rich Hill Stud in the spring. The reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year has been secured in a deal between Rich Hill and Nearco Stud. “We weren’t originally planning to have a new stallion, but the decision [...]
Race 7 – 4:15PM TABCORP QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (2000 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $300,000, 2nd $100,000, 3rd $50,000, 4th $25,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $5,000, 7th $5,000, 8th $5,000, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Apprentices cannot claim.Track Condition: Good 3 Time: 2:05.33 Last 600m: 0:34.55 INTERIM RESULTS Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin [...]
The Randwick Autumn Carnival comes to a close this Saturday for Sydney Cup Day. The main race is the $500,000 Schweppes Sydney Cup (3200m), with quality import Permit the likely top pick thanks to his purple patch of form. His main threats are Niwot and Drunken Sailor, who both ran [...]
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, [...]
Race 7 - 4:15PM TABCORP QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (2000 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $300,000, 2nd $100,000, 3rd $50,000, 4th $25,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $5,000, 7th $5,000, 8th $5,000, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 14 + 4 EM No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey [...]
It might have only been trackwork but apprentice Chad Schofield still got a buzz out of riding Melbourne Cup winner Americain. As thick fog rolled over Sydney racing’s headquarters early last Saturday morning, hours before More Joyous and company came out to play on Doncaster Day, 17-year-old Schofield put Americain [...]
Jimmy Choux’s trainer John Bary enjoys testing himself and his horse against the best and both are up for the challenge in a star-studded Queen Elizabeth Stakes. A former international polo player in just his fourth season of training racehorses, Bary has had a dream start to his new career. [...]
Doncaster Mile winner More Joyous is among a high-class field of eight for Saturday’s Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. While Sincero was not among the acceptances for the 2000m race due to a foot abscess, 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain and the in-form Manighar were both there. Americain [...]
This weekend’s racing around the country will feature an unprecedented amount of Superstar’s including debatably the best horse in the world Black Caviar. At Randwick the Sydney Cup will be the feature with Evergreen galloper Efficient the topweight, The field also includes Lexus winner Niwot, quality imported stayer Drunken Sailor [...]
