Three days, two countries and six rides in feature races. Top jockey Hugh Bowman is poised for a big weekend and it all starts at the Scone carnival on Friday. Bowman will partner Illo for Chris Waller in the Listed Scone Cup on the opening day before backing up for [...]
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller has claimed his third Doncaster Mile with Sacred Falls beating glamour colt Pierro in the $2 million race at Randwick on Saturday. In an all three-year-old finish, Sacred Falls drove through on the inside section of the track to overhaul the favourite with the filly [...]
A clash between the best of New Zealand’s staying three-year-old fillies has been confirmed for the $550,000 Australian Oaks at Randwick on Saturday. New Zealand Oaks winner More Than Sacred booked her Sydney ticket on the training track on Tuesday morning in preparation for an overdue showdown with the New [...]
Star jockey Craig Williams believes the preparation given to gun filly Norzita could prove a masterstroke in the Group One Doncaster Mile on Saturday. Norzita heads into the famous 1600m handicap at Randwick off a Group One win in the Vinery Stud Stakes and Williams believes having raced over 2000m [...]
Norzita has given Bart Cummings his 266th Group One win in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill in the absence of her famous trainer. The 85-year-old stayed away, deciding not to brave the wet conditions on Saturday, leaving his grandson and foreman James to bask in the glory. Norzita gave [...]
Norzita has added a second Group One win to her record with a hard-fought victory in the $400,000 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. Coming from seventh in running, the Bart Cummings-trained filly strode into the race on straightening and looked set for an easy win. But jockey Hugh [...]
He hasn’t won for more than a year and Flemington is far from his favourite track. But trainer Stephen Brown is confident Canali can end a frustrating run of minor placings in Saturday’s Listed ATA/Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m). “He’s going as well as he has in a long while,” Brown [...]
Gordon Cunningham’s persistence in persuading Australian breeder John Camilleri to sell a Fastnet Rock colt in New Zealand paid off when the yearling made nearly $2 million at the Karaka sale. The colt out of Celebria, bred by Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds, was knocked down for $NZ1.975 million ($A1.6 million) to [...]
Group One-winning filly Norzita will start her autumn campaign in Melbourne but leading Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has the inside running to keep the ride on the Bart Cummings star. Connections have given Bowman first refusal on the filly he rode to victory in the Group One Flight Stakes at [...]
If the talented mare Warwarick wins the Bagot Handicap at Flemington on Tuesday it will be more than a reward for trainer Bryce Stanaway’s skill and patience. It will be justice. Warwarick comes to the Bagot on the back of two outstanding wins in restricted company, the latest by 12 [...]