Whether Monton wants a spelling paddock instead of the winning post remains an unknown for trainer Ron Quinton ahead of the $150,000 Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. In a wide market on Saturday’s feature at the redesigned Sydney provincial track, Monton is one of the favourites for the Listed race. But [...]
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 [...]
Monton’s reappearance in Saturday’s Group Two Apollo Stakes will be an emotional one for trainer Ron Quinton. It comes just over a week after the sudden death of the gelding’s part-owner and long-time stable supporter David Lamond. Quinton met the bloodstock agent many years ago through a mutual acquaintance and [...]
The obvious merit in Darci Be Good’s Villiers Stakes placing is the reason for jockey Nathan Berry’s one concern about the horse’s Tattersalls Club Cup chances. Stranded on limb close to the speed after jumping from a wide barrier, Darci Be Good turned in arguably the run of the race [...]
Apprentice Alysha Collett has escaped suspension for her ride on Silk Pins at Canterbury and has instead been sent back to school. She has been ordered to attend Racing NSW’s riding skills panel consisting of former jockeys Maurice Logue and Ron Quinton after attempting to take a run on Silk [...]
More than three decades after he tasted Villiers Stakes success as a jockey, Kevin Moses is striving to do the same as a trainer on Saturday. The Randwick horseman will saddle up All Legal, a $16 chance in the feature race of Sydney’s summer carnival and somewhat of an omen [...]
Ron Quinton is confident Monton can create a piece of history and become the first horse to win back-to-back Villiers Stakes on Saturday. Monton signalled he is on target for his Villiers defence with a brave second in the Listed Festival Stakes, a race he won last year on his [...]
He’s burdened with a name that suggests he may be less than serious, but Galah heads a determined three-pronged attack from Darley on the Villiers Stakes. The same trio – Galah, Quidnunc and Classics – which contested the Festival Stakes will represent Sheikh Mohammed’s operation in Sydney’s summer showpiece at [...]
Well-known veterinarian Tim Roberts is renowned for his judgement of horse flesh. His expertise, not just in the veterinary field but also in helping to select sound yearlings at the sales, is sought by many of Sydney’s leading trainers. But it is unlikely Roberts has been under more pressure to [...]
After aborting a Group One mission to Perth with Galah, the Darley team has altered its sights to a Sydney summer double, starting with the Festival Stakes. Galah was in line for a trip west after the Melbourne spring carnival but when it emerged the four-year-old would not make the [...]