Missy Longstocking will back up in next week’s BRC Sires Produce Stakes after her hard fought win in the Lancaster Stakes at Doomben. Jockey Damian Browne felt Missy Longstocking ($1.65 fav) was going to win comfortably and was surprised by the fight shown by runner-up Hallside Rose ($41) with only [...]
John Sargent believes Quintessential is close to recapturing the form which saw her win last year’s Queensland Oaks. The mare will be reunited with her Oaks-winning jockey Damian Browne in Saturday’s Chairman’s Handicap (2100m) at Eagle Farm. “She’s well in herself and coming to her peak now,” Sargent said. “In [...]
Jockey Damian Browne says he won’t be looking for any shortcuts when he rides Solzhenitsyn in Saturday’s Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast. Solzhenitsyn has drawn barrier eight in the 13-horse field which Browne believes can work to his advantage. “He doesn’t like to be locked away on the fence [...]
Liam Birchley put a positive and light-hearted spin on Missy Longstocking’s nightmare barrier in Saturday’s Ken Russell Memorial Classic at the Gold Coast. “At least the riding instructions will be simple,” Birchley said after Missy Longstocking drew the outside barrier in the 17-horse field. “We’ll just go back and ride [...]
Jockey Damian Browne believes an elusive Group One is within reach for Buffering after his brilliant first-up win in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. Buffering, the $1.70 favourite, recorded a brilliant 1:08.54 for the 1200-metre trip when he thrashed Spirit Of Boom ($9) by 3-1/2 lengths [...]
Relaxed and refreshed. That’s how trainer Robert Heathcote describes Buffering in the build-up to his return to racing in Saturday’s Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Doomben. “I’ve got a healthy, happy horse,” Heathcote said. “He looks well, he’s carrying more condition than he’s ever carried in his life and [...]
Knee problems have restricted the career of Emmalene but trainer Liam Birchley is confident she is poised to return to black type success at Randwick on Saturday. The mare’s patient owners include rugby league greats Ricky Stuart and Laurie Daley. Emmalene won at Listed level at Flemington during the 2011 [...]
Damian Browne will be reunited with star Queensland sprinter Buffering for his autumn carnival campaign. Buffering has been ridden at his past six starts by Hugh Bowman for Group Two wins in the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley and Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield as well as seconds in Brisbane’s Group [...]
Robert Heathcote’s investment in broodmare Cantantes has been one of the best of his career. Heathcote trained Cantantes and although her racing days produced the modest return of two wins from 37 starts her real value has been in the breeding barn. The mare has produced five winners, all owned [...]
Damian Browne’s narrow defeat on Buakaw at Doomben on Wednesday had a costly sequel in the stewards’ room. Stewards fined Browne $1000 for failing to ride Buakaw out to the finish of the Ambassador Travel Maiden Handicap when the gelding was beaten a head by Pintuck. Browne, who won last [...]