Newcastle sprinter Bon Amis will be on a mission to prove he is more than just a short-course specialist when he heads to Randwick in search of a defining win. The gelding has carved a record as an 1100-metre specialist with five victories at the distance, but he is yet… Read More »
A brilliant trial and strong track work has swayed trainer Kelly Schweida to take on top company with The Odyssey in the Listed Gold Edition Plate at Eagle Farm. Schweida had also accepted with the gelding in a Class Six race on Saturday but opted to keep The Odyssey in… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke realises the promising Constant Flight faces a sharp rise in class at Eagle Farm but he believes the gelding is up to it. Constant Flight will step up from a one metropolitan win race to the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. Vandyke has been having… Read More »
Talenti runs for the final time in the care of Robert Hickmott ahead of his transfer to Hong Kong. Unbeaten in two starts for Hickmott, Talenti has been bought by clients of retired champion Hong Kong jockey turned trainer Douglas Whyte. After successive wins at The Valley, Talenti steps up… Read More »
Among a plethora of victories in major races, Kerrin McEvoy can boast three Melbourne Cups, two Everests and a Golden Slipper. But incredibly, the top jockey has never won any of the three big mile handicap races at Randwick. While the Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) might no longer carry… Read More »
Oh Five Glory was the best-performed Queenslander in the last Magic Millions 2YO Classic and her trainers believe she is on the road to repeating the performance in the Guineas. She takes on another stakes race, the Gold Edition Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday in her lead-up to… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge youngster Farnan has rocketed into favouritism for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic after upstaging Gimcrack Stakes winner Every Rose at Wyong. Market 💰: View the odds for the Magic Millions Classic Ridden by Tim Clark, Farnan began smartly and camped outside the lead before shooting clear in… Read More »
Favourite backers have been given a scare in the Magic Millions Wyong Stakes when the race did not go to script for Josh Parr and odds-on elect Diamond Thunder. The three-year-old was slow to muster speed in Thursday’s 1200m-feature and settled worse than midfield, usually a recipe for trouble on… Read More »
A gelding procedure produced winning results for Passage Of Time during the winter and Joe Pride believes the sprinter is on the verge of recapturing that vein of form. The six-year-old raced more genuinely last preparation claiming wins in half of his six starts, including back-to-back victories at Rosehill in… Read More »
Jockey Ben Thompson has to re-acquaint himself with getting behind the steering wheel and driving again after returning from Singapore. Thompson arrived back in Melbourne on Tuesday morning having completed a year-long stint away and was back in the saddle on Wednesday, firstly for track work with Ciaron Maher and… Read More »
Matthew Williams has had St Joeys earmarked as a horse of promise for some time and the Warrnambool trainer will get a better gauge on his ability when he makes his city debut at Flemington. St Joeys raced once in his first preparation as a late two-year-old in June, finishing… Read More »
A chance to test in-form Tambo’s Mate at 1400 metres has swayed trainer Stuart Kendrick to run the gelding in $250,000 The Gateway at Eagle Farm. Kendrick accepted with Tambo’s Mate in both The Gateway and the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. He had wanted to see in… Read More »
Jockey Nash Rawiller will be able call on his apprentice son Campbell if he wants any advice ahead of his ride on Gold Fields in the Villiers Stakes at Randwick. Sydney-based Rawiller rides Gold Fields for the first time in Saturday’s Group Two race over 1600m while his son is… Read More »
A positive lead from top jockey James McDonald has reinforced John Sargent’s confidence ahead of Encountabull’s Inglis Nursery bid at Randwick. McDonald partnered Encountabull when he flashed home for a debut fourth at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day and was impressed enough to make a long-range commitment to ride… Read More »
After an absence of four months, trainer Robbie Griffiths has been given the all-clear to return to the racetrack following brain surgery. Griffiths underwent surgery on August 17 for an aneurism and received the final all-clear earlier this week by his medical team to attend the twilight meeting at Flemington… Read More »
Co-trainer Toby Edmonds believes the decision to avoid a Sydney trip with Group One performer Tyzone will make it easier for him to get a wild card to Magic Millions day. Edmonds was tempted to take Tyzone to Randwick on Saturday for the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m). He instead… Read More »
South Australia’s reigning premier jockey Raquel Clark faces an uncertain riding future after suffering a brain injury in a fall. Clark continues to recuperate from the injury she suffered when she fell from a horse after the finish line in a race at Morphettville last month. “They just called it… Read More »
A return to a bigger track and a step up in distance is expected to help The Candy Man back up seven days after running third at Doomben. The Candy Man had problems getting a clear run in the straight when third in the Listed Brisbane Handicap last Saturday. Trainer… Read More »
Long before Winx, champion trainer Chris Waller made his name plundering Sydney’s staying races with tried horses imported from Europe. A snapshot of that success can be seen in the honour roll for Saturday’s Christmas Cup (2400m) at Randwick, a race Waller will be striving to win for the fifth… Read More »
Top Brisbane mare Outback Barbie has failed to run a place in three Eagle Farm starts but her trainer Tony Gollan believes it is a false statistic leading into the $250,000 The Gateway. The lure of an automatic entry for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap means Outback Barbie will run… Read More »
