The Hong Kong Derby has attracted Australians Craig Williams and Dwayne Dunn for a hit and run mission with ex-pat Tim Clark also looking to further bolster his reputation. Williams, who starred with four winners at Flemington on Saturday, will ride Wah May Star while Dunn will be aboard Endowing… Read More »
The absence of star colts Pierro and All Too Hard from the Randwick Guineas has thrown Saturday’s Group One race open with Chris Waller to field two leading chances. Pierro, winner of the Hobartville Stakes, will take on older horses in the Canterbury Stakes a week later while All Too… Read More »
Melbourne Cup placegetter Jakkalberry has bounced back to winning form with a Group Two victory over 2410 metres at Meydan in Dubai. After his third at Flemington, the Australian-owned, Marco Botti-trained Jakkalberry was well beaten in the Japan Cup. Ridden by Ryan Moore in the Dubai race, the seven-year-old came… Read More »
Glamour three-year-old Pierro will miss the Randwick Guineas and will make his next Sydney autumn carnival appearance against older horses, the Gai Waterhouse stable has confirmed. “The plan at this stage is not to run in the Guineas and he will be saved for the Canterbury Stakes,” Tulloch Lodge spokesman… Read More »
Jockey Ruby Walsh says he is “utterly perplexed” by the negativity surrounding Hurricane Fly as he aims to regain his crown in Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The 2011 winner was a disappointing third when odds-on favourite 12 months ago, but has appeared as good as ever in… Read More »
Weight will rule More Joyous out of a Doncaster defence but owner John Singleton is prepared to take on an equally big challenge – Black Caviar. Singleton said More Joyous would not run in the Doncaster with 59.5kg topweight but she could line up in the All Aged Stakes against… Read More »
It wasn’t quite as easy as last year, but Shoot Out still got the job done in Saturday’s Chipping Norton Stakes to win the first Group One race of the Sydney autumn. It took until the last stride for Shoot Out, the $4 favourite, to catch up to Monton ($31)… Read More »
A return to Australia didn’t result in Group One success for Tim Clark on Super Saturday but he still made an impact at Flemington with his first winner in Melbourne. Hong Kong-based Clark, who flew in to partner Undeniably in the Newmarket Handicap, produced a rails-hugging ride from the inside… Read More »
Dear Demi has given her potential Australian Oaks rivals a warning with a short-course victory in the Group Two Surround Stakes at Warwick Farm. The VRC Oaks-winning filly came from behind to win while favourite Bennetta was found wanting at her first test at 1400 metres. With Jim Cassidy riding… Read More »
Imported stayer Puissance De Lune is a $6.50 favourite for the 2013 Melbourne Cup following his dead-heat win in Saturday’s Blamey Stakes. In what was billed a cameo autumn appearance, the five-year-old confirmed his status as Australia’s most promising stayer and is now likely to be taken out of training… Read More »
Royal Ascot is on the radar for three-year-old Shamexpress after a long-range plan to win the Group One Newmarket Handicap came to fruition at Flemington on Saturday. Trainer Danny O’Brien had long pinpointed the Newmarket as the autumn Group One that Shamexpress could win and the colt produced on the… Read More »
Tiny apprentice Brooke Richardson swapped baby-sitting duties for a visit to the winners’ circle and then a trip to the stewards room at Doomben on Saturday. Richardson did not have a ride at Eagle Farm races last Wednesday and spent much of the day baby sitting a friend’s toddler. But… Read More »
The normally measured Guy Walter was rolling out superlatives for Skyerush after the mare gave him his first Liverpool City Cup win at Warwick Farm. The 1300m Group Three race is an important part of Chipping Norton Stakes day and seven-year-old Skyerush is an integral part of Walter’s Warwick Farm… Read More »
Shoot Out has made it back-to-back Chipping Norton Stakes wins with a last-stride victory at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Coming from a seemingly impossible position, Shoot Out reached the front in the closing stages to claim his fifth Group One race. In the process, he smashed through the $3 million… Read More »
The youngest horses in the race have fought out the Australian Cup with Super Cool beating Fiveandahalfstar in the $1 million Flemington feature. In an all three-year-old finish at the top end of the placings of the Group One race, Super Cool wore down his rival to win by a… Read More »
Ruud Awakening is set to give New Zealand one of its best chances of winning the Golden Slipper after a brilliant victory in the Group One Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. The Bernardini filly, owned by a syndicate which includes All Blacks legend Colin Meads, led from the start and… Read More »
There were plenty of stars on show at Warwick Farm on Saturday but not all of them were racing. Sydney pin-up mare More Joyous, Melbourne Cup runner-up Fiorente, the Queen’s horse Carlton House and Group One winner Hay List were all put through their paces in exhibition gallops ahead of… Read More »
The best that trainer Gerald Ryan hoped for before the race was to finish second in Saturday’s Kewney Stakes at Flemington. And in the run he thought third would be the most likely result. Accordingly, Ryan was thoroughly surprised when Flying Snitzel steamed home to win the Group Two race,… Read More »
A stronger and more mature Steps In Time showed she is ready to live up to her Group One potential with a brilliant defence of the Wiggle Stakes at Warwick Farm. The five-year-old went into Saturday’s Listed race off a last-start victory over Red Tracer in the Group Two NSW… Read More »
Three-year-old Shamexpress has produced a sustained run from the back to snatch the Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. In a thrilling three-way finish, Shamexpress cut down the favourite Moment Of Change in the final stages of the $1 million race. Moment Of Change recovered after dwelling at start to… Read More »
