Ichihara has continued the autumn success of prominent owner/breeder George Altomonte with an all-the-way win in the $250,000 Gosford Guineas. Altomonte celebrated his biggest success in racing when Overreach won the Golden Slipper earlier this month. Hugh Bowman took control of Sunday’s Listed Guineas (1200m) on the Allan Denham-trained filly [...]
She has a liking for the distance and has proven her credentials but Ichihara will still face a tough test against some promising gallopers at Rosehill on Saturday. The Allan Denham-trained three-year-old has paid the price for her consistency and will carry top weight of 59kg in the Listed Fireball [...]
Allan Denham made a welcome return to the city winner’s circle at Randwick on Saturday with Ichihara labelled the best sprinting filly in Sydney by her jockey Brenton Avdulla. A multiple Group One winning trainer, Denham has relocated from Rosehill to Wyong and downsized his stable. Ichihara is clearly the [...]
Allan Denham made a welcome return to the city winner’s circle at Randwick on Saturday with Ichihara labelled the best sprinting filly in Sydney by her jockey Brenton Avdulla. A multiple Group One winning trainer, Denham has relocated from Rosehill to Wyong and downsized his stable. Ichihara is clearly the [...]
Brenton Avdulla has put the disappointment of his sacking from Secret Admirer behind him and grasped the opportunity to ride Polish Knight against her in the Warwick Stakes. The young jockey has ridden Secret Admirer in 15 of her 16 starts but he has been replaced on the Grahame Begg-trained [...]
A slashing Australian debut by New Zealand colt Dundeel on Wednesday has confirmed he can be a major player in the spring. The Murray Baker-trained three-year-old came from last to win the Allan Denham Racing Handicap (1350m) at Wyong in a performance described as “Lion Tamer-esque” by Baker’s Sydney-based son [...]
An old favourite and an up-and-coming young stayer promise to be the cornerstone of Con Karakatsanis’ Queensland winter carnival team. Karakatsanis has rising nine-year-old Black Piranha chasing a third Group One Stradbroke Handicap win while Reigning will take his first steps towards the Queensland Derby when he resumes at Randwick [...]
Race 1 – 11:45AM MATRIUM FINANCIAL SERVICES KINDERGARTEN STAKES (1100 METRES) Of $125,000.1st $75,000, 2nd $25,000, 3rd $12,500, 4th $6,250, 5th $2,500, 6th $1,250, 7th $1,250, 8th $1,250, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 3 Set Weights, Two-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM Form Guide No Last 10 [...]
Race 9 – KINDERGARTEN STAKES (1100 METRES) Of $125,000.1st $75,000, 2nd $25,000, 3rd $12,500, 4th $6,250, 5th $2,500, 6th $1,250, 7th $1,250, 8th $1,250, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 3 Set Weights, Two-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM Horse Trainer Hcp Rating 1 AGUEDA Anthony Cummings 2 [...]
Hong Kong based Australian jockey Brett Prebble is on standby to ride Shelford in the Golden Slipper with trainer John O’Shea anxiously waiting to see if the colt gets a run. Shelford is just outside the 16-horse field with final decisions on Saturday’s two-year-old winners All Too Hard and Ichihara [...]