The legend of Black Caviar has translated into the highest price ever paid for a thoroughbred yearling at public auction in Australia with her half-brother making $5 million at the Easter Yearling Sale. A huge crowd gathered when the colt by Redoute’s Choice out of Helsinge entered the ring at [...]
A burst of acceleration Dwayne Dunn first doubted was there in the Ranvet Stakes has boosted the jockey’s confidence about Maluckyday in the Group One BMW. Maluckyday was at the tail of the field and Dunn feared he was going to run last approaching the turn in the Ranvet two [...]
Star colt All Too Hard’s racing career is not over yet with the Group One All Aged Stakes in Sydney and Royal Ascot back on the agenda. All Too Hard was a race morning scratching from the Australian Guineas on March 2 due to an elevated temperature, prompting doubts over [...]
Weather is the biggest concern for co-trainer Wayne Hawkes as star colt All Too Hard powers towards his third-straight Group One win in Saturday’s Australian Guineas. All Too Hard is in great shape and holds a clear class edge in the $500,000 feature but any significant downpours before Saturday’s Flemington [...]
All Too Hard will go in search of his third Group One win from three starts this year in Saturday’s Australian Guineas at Flemington. Senior trainer John Hawkes confirmed on Sunday All Too Hard had pulled up well from the Futurity Stakes and the intention was to back him up [...]
A humble Peter Snowden has acknowledged his 1000th winner for Darley as a “wonderful milestone”. But he has also been quick to praise the team around him for helping make the success possible. Three-year-old filly Sail got Snowden to the significant mark with her maiden success at Gosford on Thursday, [...]
Albrecht faces a campaign-defining race at Flemington on Saturday after a perplexing first-up failure. Trainer Peter Snowden was left scratching his head after the highly-rated Albrecht finished sixth behind Royal Haunt as favourite in the Listed Manfred Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday week. If he puts in another below par [...]
A track gallop by two-year-old Napayshini at Gosford on Sunday crept under most radars with Group One winner Hay List’s workout between races capturing all the attention. That was fine with Napayshini’s trainer Grant Allard who gave the colt a day out ahead of Saturday’s Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill. [...]
On the verge of his 1000th winner for Darley, trainer Peter Snowden is quick to play down his own part in the success of Sheikh Mohammed’s Australian operation. Before Friday night’s racing at Canterbury and Moonee Valley, Snowden had trained 995 winners for Darley since May 2008. The stable has [...]
Jockey Damian Browne walked back to the enclosure unaided after being tossed from Royal Jester soon after the start in the Magic Millions Maiden. Browne feared the worst when Royal Jester put on a rodeo exhibition during the opening race on Magic Millions day on the Gold Coast after jumping [...]
