Hay List has more problems than most horses and has found a few new ones this autumn but trainer John McNair is still hopeful of getting him back to Group One winning form. The seven-year-old will be nominated for Saturday’s All Aged Stakes but won’t run unless he convinces the [...]
Interstate rivalries were put aside as Australia’s leading trainers and jockeys paid tribute to legendary mare Black Caviar on the announcement of her retirement. The champion captured the hearts of a nation and also united an industry often split between state lines. Lee Freedman, who trained Makybe Diva to win [...]
The two best sprinters in the country will resume their rivalry in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes after Hay List confirmed his place in the field after a midweek training gallop. Hay List has been one of the few horses to have pushed the unbeaten Black Caviar, most memorably in the [...]
A hoof injury has ruled star sprinter Hay List out of Saturday’s Group One Galaxy at Randwick. Chief steward Ray Murrihy confirmed the injury-plagued gelding would not take his place in the 1100m feature, robbing the race of its biggest drawcard. Glyn Schofield, regular rider of the John McNair-trained sprinter, [...]
Crafty Irna didn’t win during the 2012 autumn carnival but she produced results good enough for trainer Ron Quinton to replicate the campaign. With that in mind, Quinton says Crafty Irna is in career-best shape for the $100,000 Aspiration Quality at Warwick Farm on Saturday. “Her last couple of preparations [...]
The shortest-priced Randwick Guineas meeting favourite and the jockey riding it will both attract raceday scrutiny for fitness reasons. Stewards have confirmed the outstanding sprinter Hay List will be inspected once he arrives at Warwick Farm on Saturday for his comeback race in the Group Two Challenge Stakes. They will [...]
The Derby aspirations of Vadashan and Kingdoms took a battering as the pair finished out of the placings behind seasoned galloper Coup Acclaim at Canterbury on Wednesday. The three-year-olds crossed the line with little between them, with the favourite Vadashan ($2.60) from the Paul Messara stable edging the John O’Shea-trained [...]
Glyn Schofield has aggravated an old injury but nothing will keep him from riding Hay List on Saturday. Schofield was stood down from riding at Canterbury after the third race on Wednesday but said he would be back to partner Hay List in the Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m) at [...]
Classy imported stayer Le Roi has been given a solid work-out between races at Canterbury ahead of his autumn carnival return. Adelaide trainer Tony McEvoy made a quick visit to Sydney on Wednesday to oversee the four-year-old’s gallop. With Glyn Schofield aboard, the Summer Cup winner worked with stablemate Pelicano [...]
Triple Group One winner Hay List will add considerable depth to Saturday’s Challenge Stakes after being a late addition to the Group Two sprint. Trainer John McNair admitted it was probably his mistake Hay List was not among original nominations but with entries left open, he was added to the [...]
