Craig Newitt has already tasted success at the famous Royal Ascot carnival. But he admits he probably didn’t appreciate the enormity of it as a 22-year-old when he won the King’s Stand Stakes on Miss Andretti six years ago. “Everyone says it’s one of your biggest moments but I was… Read More »
A barrier trial win on Monday has confirmed a Saturday race debut for two-year-old Swiggin’, a colt from a family dear to trainer Anthony Cummings’ heart. The colt’s grand-dam Terrestial is the mother of Outback Prince and Hotel Grand, both Group One winners trained by Cummings who paid $350,000 for… Read More »
The Group One dream remains alive for connections of Lady Lakshmi but the first priority is to get a winter stakes success with the filly. The winner of her past two starts has been earmarked as a potential Thousand Guineas and VRC Oaks prospect and will continue her campaign at… Read More »
Tommy Berry has turned down the chance to ride in Hong Kong next season, saying he still has much to achieve in Australia. The 22-year-old has met with instant success during his short Hong Kong contract, riding 14 winners since April 28 including a treble on Sunday. Berry has had… Read More »
A contrite Glen Boss has admitted responsibility and been suspended for almost a month over a fall in which fellow jockey Kane Bradley suffered facial injuries in a race at Mornington. Boss appeared before stewards at a reconvened inquiry on Monday into the reasons for Bradley falling from his mount… Read More »
Shamexpress has drawn barrier three in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot where he will face 18 rivals on Tuesday. The Australian representative is at 9-1 with most betting agencies with the Mike De Kock-trained Shea Shea (barrier five) the dominant favourite at 2-1 to give South Africa its… Read More »
Dunaden’s next attempt to win a European Group One will come in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on June 23. The Mikel Delzangles-trained globetrotter famously won the Melbourne Cup in 2011 and followed up in the Hong Kong Vase. He returned to Australia to win the Caulfield Cup last year… Read More »
Veteran French jockey Thierry Jarnet won his first French Oaks in style on Sunday easing to victory on Treve at Chantilly racecourse. The 46-year-old – who had won two Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes but never managed to win the fillies classic – conjured up a great burst of speed… Read More »
John Messara admits there will be a temptation to defer Animal Kingdom’s stud career if he performs as expected at Royal Ascot this week. The Dubai World Cup winner is odds-on to win the Queen Anne Stakes, the first race of the Royal meeting on Tuesday. Messara bought a controlling… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Ossenhagen may have run his last race in Australia. The owners of the John Sadler-trained gelding have received an offer from Hong Kong for the impressive winner of his past two starts and the son of Ad Valorem is undergoing the usual veterinary examination. Ossenhagen has had four… Read More »
On the same day Bashboy reaffirmed himself as the country’s best steeplechaser, champion hurdler Black And Bent’s winning streak came to an end at Bendigo. Black And Bent claimed an Australian record 10th straight win over jumps in a hurdle at Sandown last month but was no match for Gotta… Read More »
Young gun Jason Collett had a win in the stewards’ room on Saturday and will be looking to celebrate with an even bigger victory a week later. Collett rides She’s Clean in Saturday’s Tatt’s Tiara for fillies and mares, one of two runners for Chris Waller in the final Group… Read More »
John Messara admits there will be a temptation to defer Animal Kingdom’s stud career if he performs as expected at Royal Ascot this week. The Dubai World Cup winner is odds-on to win the Queen Anne Stakes, the first race of the Royal meeting on Tuesday. Messara bought a controlling… Read More »
Winning a Group One race is a good way to end a losing streak. When Yosei lines up in Saturday’s Group One Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm she will be attempting to win her first race for two years. The last time she visited the winner’s stall was in… Read More »
Joyeuse, a half-sister to the mighty Frankel, is among 28 entries for the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. The two-year-old daughter of Oasis Dream made an impressive start to her career, winning a Lingfield maiden by 3-1/4 lengths last month. Owned by Khalid Abdullah and trained by Lady… Read More »
A jockey and his rider had a lucky escape at Auckland’s last race meeting of the season when a six-metre-deep hole opened up underneath them, sending the pair tumbling down the track. Jockey Rogan Norvall escaped serious injury when he was sent flying from seven-year-old gelding Buckles in the seventh… Read More »
Senior jockey Glyn Schofield will miss six winter meetings while he serves a careless riding suspension incurred at Rosehill on Saturday. But for young jockey Jason Collett, there was a win of sorts when he had the terms of a careless riding charge downgraded and he received a reprimand. It… Read More »
Ciaron Maher wants another chance to qualify Mr O’Ceirin for the Caulfield Cup after the stayer narrowly missed a run in last year’s race. Mr O’Ceirin proved a class above his off-season rivals in Saturday’s Printhouse Graphics Handicap (2040m) at Moonee Valley with premiership-leading jockey Glen Boss in the saddle…. Read More »
As he closes in on long-established training records, trainer Chris Waller admits he will be relieved when the milestones are achieved. A treble at Rosehill pushed Waller to 152-1/2 winners in Sydney for the season, just 3-1/2 short of the 156 set by TJ Smith in 1975-76 and Gai Waterhouse… Read More »
Conservatorium’s win in the Eye Liner Stakes might earn him a winter carnival extension. Trainer Gary Kennewell said the Eye Liner at Ipswich on Saturday was the gelding’s target race but the ease of his victory had prompted a rethink. “I’ll nominate him for the Healy Stakes next Saturday and… Read More »
