Dawn Dawn has made amends for an unlucky first-up second in Sydney with victory in a hit-and-run mission to Caulfield. The Hawkes Racing-trained mare arrived at Flemington on Friday morning ahead of winning Saturday’s Nitto Denko Handicap. Co-trainer Wayne Hakes, who runs the stable’s Melbourne base, said Dawn Dawn would… Read More »
Stayer Makdanife had his connections scratching their heads after he went from a dismal last seven days ago to a tough win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Chris Waller trained Makdanife ($5.50) won a slogging battle with Ocean Addict ($4) to score by a short neck in the Country… Read More »
Juggling high school teaching with training racehorses appears to be working for young Goulburn horsewoman Danielle Seib who has celebrated her first metropolitan winner with Assault’N’Bathory in the TAB Highay at Rosehill. The 25-year-old took over the stable of her father Lewis when he became ill three years ago and… Read More »
A morning telephone conversation between trainer Gary Portelli and jockey Michael Cahill was the catalyst for Sydney galloper Single Bullet’s return to form at Eagle Farm. Single Bullet ($4.40) charged home to beat Whypeeo ($2.70) by 1 1/4 lengths in the BRC Membership Handicap (1000m). Warwick Farm-based Portelli sent Single… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa’s admiration for sire Delago Deluxe continued to grow after filly Sukwhinder scored an impressive win at Eagle Farm. Sukwhinder ($17) finished strongly beat Niedorp ($4.40) by a half length in the TAB Handicap (1000m). The filly was having her first run after finishing sixth in… Read More »
Pioneering Irish veterinarian Stan Cosgrove, who looked after and was a shareholder in the kidnapped Shergar, has died aged 91. Cosgrove led the way in veterinary surgery and was internationally renowned for his work with racehorses as well as his lasting connection with Moyglare Stud. He joined Moyglare as its… Read More »
The racing community is heading back to the track following the death of an apprentice jockey after a fall during routine trackwork a day earlier. Mikaela Claridge, 22, died from undisclosed injuries suffered when she fell from her horse during routine trackwork on Friday. Officials had called off Friday’s Pakenham… Read More »
The Australian racing community is mourning the death of apprentice jockey Mikaela Claridge during routine trackwork. The 22-year-old, who was married in March, died from undisclosed injuries in an accident at the Cranbourne training centre in southeast Melbourne on Friday morning. The centre was then closed for training and the… Read More »
Gordon Richards admits the weight scale is not ideal for Gytrash in his upcoming Group Three assignment but the Adelaide trainer believes The Heath will be a good test of the promising sprinter’s spring credentials. And if the four-year-old can upstage some of his more experienced rivals in Saturday’s 1100m-race,… Read More »
One of the trainers who played a major part in apprentice jockey Mikaela Claridge’s emerging career has remembered the 22-year-old as a “great kid” who always had a smile on her face. Claridge died after a trackwork accident at Cranbourne on Friday morning, with the news leaving the Australian racing… Read More »
Expensive filly Zac Attack will resume with only one trial under her belt after missing a second hit-out this week. Zac Attack has drawn barrier one in the TAB Three-Year-Old Fillies Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership has taken its time with… Read More »
Sunshine Coast-based jockey Matthew Powell has been disqualified for a year after he admitted to providing a fake urine sample on two occasions. Powell was stood down earlier this month pending the results of secondary tests following operations by stewards at the Sunshine Coast. At an inquiry, Powell pleaded guilty… Read More »
Mike Cattell had no idea what he was setting in motion when he tossed in a late nomination for maiden galloper Royal Popcorn to run in the Group Three San Domenico Stakes. The presence of the Nowra-trained gelding in the elite Rosehill field has prompted plenty of reaction, some believing… Read More »
The field for the Group Three San Domenico Stakes has been reduced to five with the scratching of highly touted colt Yes Yes Yes. Trainer Chris Waller has decided against running the three-year-old first-up on what is set to be a significantly rain-affected track. As of Friday morning, 27mm of… Read More »
The only filly in this year’s McNeil Stakes will be one of two three-year-olds aiming to maintain an unbeaten start to their careers in the Group Three race at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Missile Mantra makes her season return in Saturday’s 1200m McNeil at the same track where… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham is feeling the pain of punters as he tries to sift through the various form lines coming together for an intriguing edition of the Ming Dynasty Quality at Rosehill. Newham has undefeated three-year-old Academy in Saturday’s Group Three Ming Dynasty Quality and admits trying to assess how… Read More »
Alizee faces a potential campaign-defining race in Melbourne’s first Group One event of the season, with the star Godolphin-owned mare to put her Everest credentials on show in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. She is favourite to claim her fourth Group One win on Saturday and a comprehensive victory in… Read More »
Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes is liking what he is seeing from Amphitrite as the mare prepares for her return run at Caulfield. A former member of the Darren Weir stable, Amphitrite begins her second preparation for Lindsay Park in Saturday’s Group Three Cockram Stakes (1200m). Hayes said the… Read More »
Talented gelding Sovereign Nation’s liking for 1400 metres on big tracks gives him the chance to break a frustrating run of outs at Eagle Farm. Sovereign Nation is topweight in Saturday’s Ariat Country Music Open Handicap and will be chasing his first Queensland win. Formerly trained by Lindsay Park in… Read More »
It has been seven years since a filly has won the San Domenico Stakes, a run of outs the Snowden training partnership hope it can end at Rosehill. Peter and Paul Snowden put the polish on the only two fillies in Saturday’s edition, and while Catch Me is in doubt… Read More »
