Under-rated mare Appearance has backed up her surprise Group One triumph from the spring with a thrilling Coolmore Classic victory at Rosehill on Saturday. In a three-way finish that had many unsure who had won, the Guy Walter-trained Appearance ($11) arrived just in time in a driving finish to beat [...]
A Group One win is a triumph for any jockey but the Coolmore Classic on Appearance has an even deeper meaning for Blake Shinn. His 2008 Melbourne Cup victory on Viewed became a distant memory when he was disqualified in late 2010 for betting offences and his gambling addiction was [...]
The Guy Walter-trained Appearance has added another Group One victory to her record with a nail-biting win in the $600,000 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. In a desperate three-way finish, Appearance arrived in the last stride under jockey Blake Shinn to beat Red Tracer. Norzita was the first of the three-year-olds [...]
Like her stablemate Snitzerland, Flying Snitzel is a Group One winner-in-waiting and gets the chance for first bragging rights in Saturday’s Coolmore Classic. Gerald Ryan trained the fillies’ sire Snitzel to win the 2006 Oakleigh Plate and has had more success than most with his progeny. Snitzerland beat a quality [...]
Blake Shinn will replace the suspended Kerrin McEvoy on Appearance in Saturday’s Group One Coolmore Classic in which trainer Guy Walter will also saddle up Streama. Both mares are already Group One winners and the trainer is reluctant to choose between the two who finished behind Coolmore rival Steps In [...]
Kerrin McEvoy will miss the Group One ride on Appearance in next week’s Coolmore Classic through suspension. Darley’s No.1 rider was found guilty of shifting ground aboard Tatra and causing interference to Brett Prebble’s mount Ferlax in the early part of the Randwick Guineas at Warwick Farm. Appearance, winner of [...]
The normally measured Guy Walter was rolling out superlatives for Skyerush after the mare gave him his first Liverpool City Cup win at Warwick Farm. The 1300m Group Three race is an important part of Chipping Norton Stakes day and seven-year-old Skyerush is an integral part of Walter’s Warwick Farm [...]
Group One-winning stablemates Appearance and Streama will clash for the first time this autumn in Saturday’s Wiggle Stakes at Warwick Farm. Trainer Guy Walter said the mares had the same targets culminating in the Doncaster Mile and would probably follow the same path via the Coolmore Classic and the Queen [...]
No trainer at Warwick Farm on Saturday will get a better insight into their autumn carnival prospects than Guy Walter. Walter will roll out his biggest stars, headed by Group One-winning mares Appearance and Streama. Myer Classic winner Appearance resumes in the Listed Triscay Stakes (1200m) while two-time Group One [...]
A fit and healthy Blake Shinn will return to the Sydney fold at Warwick Farm on Saturday almost six weeks after being stood down from riding for medical reasons. Shinn has been a notable absentee from the jockeys’ ranks since the January 10 meeting at Gosford where he returned to [...]
