Sunshine Coast trainer Darryl Hansen rated Vo Heart the best horse he has trained after he won the Group Two Champagne Classic at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Vo Heart ($13) held off a determined challenge from runner-up Vilanova ($9.50) to win by a half neck with Global Dream ($12) 1-1/2 [...]
Jim Byrne has been suspended for three weeks for careless riding after a fall left jockey Eddie Wilkinson with neck soreness. Byrne pleaded guilty to careless riding which led to the fall in which Wilkinson took a heavy tumble from De Bois at the 450-metre mark in the Programmed Property [...]
Race 8 – 3:50PM TATTERSALL’S MILE (1600 METRES) Of $80,000.1st $51,500, 2nd $16,000, 3rd $8,000, 4th $3,000, 5th $1,500 LISTED Quality, Minimum Weight 54kg, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 17 + 5 EM Form Guide Special Offer: $300 FREE BET ON THIS RACE No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp Rating [...]
Race 6 – 3:11PM BMAG QUEEN’S CUP (3200 METRES) Of $150,000.1st $96,000, 2nd $30,000, 3rd $15,000, 4th $6,000, 5th $3,000 GROUP 3 Quality, Minimum Weight 54kg, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 18 + 5 EM Form Guide Special Offer: $300 FREE BET ON THIS RACE No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight [...]
Race 7 – 3:46PM PMP ASCOT HANDICAP (1200 METRES) Of $80,000.1st $51,500, 2nd $16,000, 3rd $8,000, 4th $3,000, 5th $1,500 LISTED Quality, Minimum Weight 54kg, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 18 + 5 EM Form Guide Special Offer: $300 FREE BET ON THIS RACE No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp [...]
Sydney jockey Jay Ford needed no persuading to return to Brisbane to ride Maythehorsebemagic in Saturday’s Group Three Queen’s Cup. Ford partnered the Mike Moroney-trained gelding to a last-start midfield finish in the Tatt’s Cup (2200m) and was impressed enough to commit to another interstate trip for the 3200m Eagle [...]
Roi D’Jeu will have an in-form Eddie Wilkinson in the saddle should trainer Craig Ritchie decide on a Queen’s Cup start for the stayer at Eagle Farm. Ritchie has booked Wilkinson but was still undecided whether Roi D’Jeu would line up in Saturday’s Listed 3200m contest after the gelding disappointed [...]
Spring carnival plans are back in play for talented stayer Shenzhou Steeds after he careered to victory in the $200,000 Caloundra Cup at the Sunshine Coast. Shenzhou Steeds, favourite at $3.80, powered to the line seven lengths clear of Anudjawun ($4.60) with Winmara ($8) 2-3/4 lengths away third. Trainer Mike [...]
Jockey Eddie Wilkinson believes emerging stayer Shenzhou Steeds will cope with another distance test when he steps up to the 2400 metres of the Caloundra Cup. Wilkinson rode the four-year-old to success in the Ipswich Cup on June 16 and is confident the extra journey at Caloundra on Saturday is [...]
Race 7 – 3:47PM SKY RACING TATTERSALL’S TIARA (1400 METRES) Of $500,000.1st $320,000, 2nd $100,000, 3rd $50,000, 4th $20,000, 5th $10,000 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Fillies and Mares, Apprentices cannot claim.Track Condition: Dead 4 Time: 1:23.37 Last 600m: 0:35.40 INTERIM RESULTS Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Starting Price 1 16 PEAR [...]