Between them, Damien Oliver and Craig Williams have 18 Melbourne jockeys’ premierships. It’s something not lost on Williams as the pair are challenging for this season’s title, with Williams in the box-seat to claim his ninth premiership and fifth in succession. Two winners at Caulfield on Saturday, compared to Oliver’s… Read More »
Using Loving Gaby as a yardstick, trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace hope to follow a similar spring campaign with Magic Millions winner Away Game. Maher and Eustace prepared Loving Gaby to win the Manikato Stakes at The Valley as a spring three-year-old and they will try to get Away… Read More »
Trainer Joseph O’Brien added to the uncertainty over international runners at this year’s spring carnival despite having two Irish Derby undercard winners who firmed in Melbourne Cup betting. O’Brien sent out Buckhurst and Twilight Payment for Group Three victories at the Curragh but the 2017 Melbourne Cup-winning trainer is unsure… Read More »
In four years, Mark Newnham has cemented his position as one of Sydney’s leading trainers and this season he has reached a new high. Bettering his metropolitan tally of winners each term since taking out his trainers’ licence in 2016-17, Newnham is sitting on 27 city victories, four more than… Read More »
One of Queensland’s best-known racing administrators in handicapper Lester Grimmett will retire on Tuesday. Grimmett, 73, has been a handicapper with the Queensland Turf Club and Racing Queensland for 50 years. He was one of the last links to a golden age of Queensland racing still working in the industry…. Read More »
Promising gelding Soxagon will get his chance in stakes company after his impressive win at Doomben. Soxagon was entered for the Listed Spear Chief Handicap and the Class 6 but trainer Mark Currie elected to run him in the restricted race. The four-year-old Soxagon never looked in danger after getting… Read More »
Santiago was a 14th winner of the Irish Derby for Aidan O’Brien – who trained the first four home in this year’s Classic at the Curragh. Santiago, successful in the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot, justified 2-1 favouritism to win by a head from stablemate Tiger Moth, with Dawn Patrol… Read More »
James McDonald has ended a tough week on a triumphant note, becoming the first jockey in more than a decade to ride a century of Sydney winners in successive seasons. McDonald had to wait until the final event to land the milestone, riding a measured race to win aboard Godolphin… Read More »
Mirimar has responded in the best possible way to a course of dressage and an intelligent ride to give trainer Mike Moroney a winning double at Caulfield. Mirimar took out Saturday’s Neds Money Back Handicap under apprentice Lewis German after the victory of stablemate She’s A Thief in the Father… Read More »
The rise of comeback galloper Alfa Oro has continued at Caulfield with the promising gelding taking another step up to win for the fourth time in a row. In 2018, after just two race starts, Alfa Oro fractured the cannon bone in one of his front legs which required screws… Read More »
A set of famous racing colours which once dominated winter carnivals were back in the winners’ circle for a stakes race when Sure Knee won at Doomben. Sure Knee ($9) gave top trainer Chris Waller a Doomben treble when she charged home to beat Krone ($4.80) by a length in… Read More »
Sluggish starts have proven costly for Trumbull this campaign but the talented sprinter has finally done everything right to land a deserved stakes win at Rosehill. The gelding had filled the minors in three of his four previous runs and had been luckless in the process, conceding big starts and… Read More »
A daring ride from jockey Ryan Wiggins helped much-travelled Inquiry win his first stakes race in the Listed Spear Chief Handicap at Doomben. Inquiry ($4) went out with a big lead in the middle stages before beating Scallopini ($3.10) by 1-1/4 lengths with 1-1/2 lengths to Right Or Wrong ($12)… Read More »
A third run in as many weeks could not stop Lucifer’s Reward who has circled the field to record a tough win at Caulfield. Lucifer’s Reward finished seventh at The Valley on June 13 before running 10th at Flemington last week and returned on Saturday to take out the Neds… Read More »
Felicia has defied the odds to return to racing and the talented filly has delivered a satisfying win for her trainer Dean Binaisse at Caulfield. Ridden by Craig Williams, Felicia was sent out the $2.80 favourite in Saturday’s Hyland Sportswear EOFY Sale Handicap (1200m) and sat outside the lead before… Read More »
Group One placed as a three-year-old, it has been a long road back to the winner’s stall for Frankely Awesome who has reignited her career with a WJ McKell Cup victory. Chasing home Verry Elleegant in both the Vinery Stud Stakes and Australian Oaks in the autumn of 2019, her… Read More »
Jockey Luke Dittman can expect more rides from the powerful Chris Waller stable after producing a top effort to land Another Dollar a winner in the Group Three Premiers Cup at Doomben. Another Dollar ($5.50) gave Waller a clean sweep of the limited Brisbane winter feature staying races when she… Read More »
Three-year-old gelding Mystery Shot has continued an unbeaten start to his career to give Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michael Rodd his first city success since his return to Victorian racing from Singapore. The Lindsey Smith-trained Mystery Shot made it three wins from as many starts in Saturday’s Take It To The… Read More »
There was banter aplenty behind the starting stalls before the Stayers’ Cup but it was three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy who had the last laugh. McEvoy and rival hoop Glen Boss have won six Melbourne Cups between them and as the field loaded for a rare two-mile race in… Read More »
Saltpeter has shown his versatility with a drop in distance to claim his first city win at Caulfield. The John Moloney-trained two-year-old sat back when successful over 1250m at Geelong on June 12 before dropping150m in distance to score an on-pace win in Saturday’s Vale Graham Salisbury Handicap. Ridden by… Read More »
