A strong trial win this week by Better Rush has influenced trainer Chris Munce to match the filly against top company at the Gold Coast. The filly will make her debut in the $125,000 Gold Pearl (1200m) at the Gold Coast where she will be ridden by Munce’s apprentice Justin… Read More »
Having been bought as a middle distance and staying prospect, lightly raced import Just Benjamin will make his Australian debut at Caulfield for the Anthony Freedman stable. The winner of two of his five starts when trained in England by William Haggas, Just Benjamin is entered for Saturday’s Troy Janssens… Read More »
Owners, trainers and jockeys affected by the NSW South Coast bushfires will be able to access a relief package funded by Racing NSW. The governing body announced the funding on Thursday in response to losses incurred by abandoned race meetings and other damage caused by the fires. Financial support will… Read More »
No-one could blame trainer Kelly Schweida for feeling nostalgic when Magic Fox runs in the $250,000 Colts and Geldings Rising Stars at the Gold Coast. The race will mark 10 years since one of Schweida’s biggest wins when Magic Fox’s dam Plain Magic won the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares… Read More »
English jockey Jason Watson has had a mixed start to his summer in Victoria, notching a winner at his first ride at Mornington and incurring two careless riding suspensions in the process. A Group One-winning rider who was champion British apprentice in 2018, Watson is on a short-term stint with… Read More »
Race meetings on the NSW South Coast and in the Riverina region have been called off because of bush fires and smoke haze while others in the state are under threat from extreme heat. The Sapphire Coast (Thursday) and Moruya (Monday) are off while Tumut on Saturday has been rescheduled… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning trainer Tony McEvoy might have had a rocky start to his quest for a second Magic Millions 2YO Classic but things are now starting to fall into place. McEvoy, who is now in partnership with his son Calvin, won the 2018 2YO Classic with Sunlight after some… Read More »
Australia’s form jockey Damian Lane has four rides at the Gold Coast as he chases another major victory. Lane is on the Gold Coast to ride Conceited for Godolphin in Saturday’s $125,000 Gold Nugget (1100m) and will also partner Fun Fact (The Wave), Amorita (Fillies and Mares Rising Stars) and… Read More »
Frankel’s jockey Tom Queally has teamed up with his trainer father, Declan, for a win over hurdles on Owenacurra Lass at Tramore. Queally, who will forever be linked with superstar Frankel, was having his third ride over obstacles since taking out a National Hunt licence. With rides thin on the… Read More »
A missed opportunity for a provincial win has had a silver lining for Private Thoughts who has instead racked up a metropolitan victory at Randwick. Private Thoughts was supposed to run at Gosford on Tuesday but the meeting was called off after two races because of extreme heat. Trainer John… Read More »
El Don has edged out High Bridge to give trainer Peter Gelagotis a second Bagot Handicap at Flemington while winning jockey Beau Mertens has joined his father on the honour roll. Gelagotis won the Listed Bagot (2800m) in 2013 with Module and said he had a similar feeling about the… Read More »
Having been retired with a tendon injury, Julius has capped a remarkable comeback with a hard-fought Group One victory over Australian sprinter Winter Bride in the Railway at Ellerslie. The eight-year-old was retired 12 months ago and spent much of that time roaming the paddocks of a west coast sheep… Read More »
Melbourne-based New Zealander Michael Dee has made sure another ex-pat kiwi, James McDonald, has not taken all the limelight at the Ellerslie carnival. Dee returned to his roots to ride Te Akau Racing’s Prise De Fer in the Group Two Rich Hill Mile (1600m) on Wednesday while McDonald rode four… Read More »
Talented sprinter Halvorsen has delivered again at Flemington to claim his first stakes race success in the Group Three Standish Handicap. The four-year-old Robbie Griffiths-trained gelding’s 1-1/4-length victory in Wednesday’s 1200m feature was his third-straight success at Flemington, having won during the Melbourne Cup carnival over 1100m in November and… Read More »
Veteran jockey Robbie Fradd continued to make the most of the extra workload from trainer Matt Dunn when they combined to win with talented two-year-old Voodoo Crown at Doomben. Fradd booted first starter Voodoo Crown ($3.60) straight to the lead and she led all the way to beat Poupee ($2.30)… Read More »
Vancouver is off the mark as a sire with Vangelic giving the former champion two-year-old his first winner in a race ending in disappointment for another big name. Yumi, a grand-daughter of Black Caviar, was the dominant $1.85 favourite to make a winning debut in Wednesday’s 1100m-race for two-year-old fillies… Read More »
Progressive gelding Yulong January has added to his winning sequence over summer with a determined victory at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained four-year-old was the $1.70 favourite in Wednesday’s Welcome 2020 Handicap (1400m) and after taking a sit under jockey Jye McNeil he was up for the fight… Read More »
A Beautiful Night is likely to progress to the Blue Diamond Preview for fillies after scoring a narrow win in her second start at Flemington. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, A Beautiful Night finished second to the Anthony Freedman-trained Award Winner on debut at Bendigo last month before… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy will walk the Gold Coast track on Thursday morning as part of decision-making process on whether his filly Grand Scholar will run on Saturday. Grand Scholar has accepted for the $250,000 Magic Millions Rising Stars Fillies and Mares at the Gold Coast. It is pencilled in as… Read More »
The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership will have an anxious wait to see whether Wisdom Of Water gets a chance to qualify for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Wisdom Of Water was favourite for a two-year-old race at Doomben on Wednesday but was scratched to run in the $125,000… Read More »
