As his fellow jockeys left Singapore to return to Australia following the closure of racing, leading jockey Vlad Duric decided to stay put. It was a tough decision after racing was halted in early April because it left Duric with no chance to earn an income and limited his opportunities… Read More »
Love has made it a Classic double for trainer Aidan O’Brien as she ran right away with The Oaks at Epsom Downs. Winner of the 1000 Guineas for O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore last month, Love was sent off the 11-10 favourite to follow up over 12 furlongs. Love was… Read More »
Long-shot Serpentine has pulled off a huge shock as he made all the running to win the Derby and claim Britain’s richest horse race at a near silent Epsom Downs. Aidan O’Brien saddled six in the premier classic on Saturday but it was Emmet McNamara’s mount who prevailed, having only… Read More »
Injuries and ailments have been a recurring theme in the Anthony Cummings yard this year, hindering several of his star performers. Prince Fawaz hurt his leg after finishing down the track in the Doncaster Mile, Libertini had a brief and underwhelming two-start autumn campaign before it was discovered she had… Read More »
Promising Star Of Michelin’s liking for big racetracks will see him on a quick turnaround into the Group Three Winx Guineas. The Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) has been renamed after retired superstar Winx who won it in 2015. The race always attracts a strong field but trainer Stuart Kendrick believes… Read More »
Consistent mare Jami Lady will get a chance to show she is more than a speed horse after landing her first stakes win. Jami Lady ($6) has previously been stakes-placed but made no mistake about her first black-type win, leading all the way in the Listed Bright Shadow (1200m). The… Read More »
Racing on a seven-day back-up and dropping in distance, Sircconi has demolished his rivals in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington to deliver Nick Ryan his first stakes victory as a trainer. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, who continued his successful season in Victoria in which he leads the… Read More »
Kathy O’Hara has made a triumphant return to Saturday metropolitan racing with a bold frontrunning display aboard Spaceboy and some sage advice to his trainer. The popular jockey has been riding at weekend provincial meetings after choosing to base herself outside the Sydney zone during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has… Read More »
Lord Von Costa has done his chances no harm of snaring a slot in The Kosciuszko at Randwick this spring after storming to victory in the Listed All-Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Four years after winning the Creswick Stakes when it was run on the corresponding program during a… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson has been saying for months the day his filly Plutocrat drew a decent barrier she would win a good race. He was proved correct on Saturday when Plutocrat ($9.50) beat Sydney filly Zero To Hundred ($5.50) by a nose in the Listed Tattersall’s Club Stakes (1400m). Tumbler… Read More »
A nondescript barrier trial at Hawkesbury has proven to be an outstanding winter form reference for Godolphin with unbeaten filly Tailleur putting the icing on the cake. Tailleur split stablemates Varda and Roheryn in the June 15 heat and all three have now resumed with impressive wins after Tailleur added… Read More »
Exciting prospect Cherry Tortoni has capped an unbeaten first campaign in the Taj Rossi Series Final while two-time AFL premiership-winning coach Denis Pagan has kicked off his thoroughbred training career with his first runner placing at stakes level. The Patrick Payne-trained Cherry Tortoni made it three wins from as many… Read More »
Tough stayer Humbolt Current has come a long way since the days he was owned by the Queen but he might finally have found his niche in Queensland. Humbolt Castle ($4.60) took trainer Chris Waller’s season earnings in Queensland metropolitan races past $4 million when he won the Tattersall’s Arcade… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price will turn his attention to the spring carnival with promising filly Sense Of Honour who has again highlighted her potential with victory in the Next Generation Sprinters Series Final at Flemington. Sense Of Honour made it two city wins from her first three starts in Saturday’s 1200m… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss has labelled Randwick as one of the wettest tracks he has ridden on after guiding Edison through the mud in the opening race. The surface was officially put up as a heavy 9 on Saturday but Boss was adamant it was further along… Read More »
Champion mare Enable will face six rivals in a mouthwatering renewal of the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. John Gosden’s superstar is back in training for a fifth season after narrowly missing out in her bid for a record-breaking third win in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October. Enable… Read More »
Apprentice Tayla Childs, daughter of retired champion jockey Greg Childs, has produced a front-running ride on a wet and wintry day at Bendigo to snare a milestone first win of her riding career. Childs, 24, had her first race ride two months ago at Echuca for her boss, Caulfield trainer… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald has had a three-week riding ban reduced to seven days by the Racing NSW Appeals Panel. The panel upheld the stewards’ decision that McDonald’s effort on beaten favourite Threeood at Randwick last month breached the running and handling rule but reduced his penalty by two-thirds…. Read More »
West Australian trainer Neville Parnham is at a loss to explain the last-start failure from Malibu Style and is hoping to see him bounce back in his defence of the All Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Saturday’s Listed 1200m sprint is also likely to prove telling in whether the… Read More »
A fact-finding mission this winter will help trainer David Payne determine if untapped youngster Bazooka has the wares to figure in the spring. The horse kicks off his campaign in the opening race at Randwick on Saturday when he takes on older rivals. It is not a perfect scenario but… Read More »
