Humidor has shown no effects of a leg injury that ruled him out of the autumn with a trial victory at Cranbourne. Now in the hands of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Humidor has not raced since finishing third to Winx in last year’s Cox Plate during which he suffered… Read More »
Comeback jockey Nash Rawiller has confirmed In Her Time will be his mount in the $14 million Everest after riding the mare in a barrier trial at Newcastle. The Kris Lees-trained Group One winner of the Lightning Stakes, In Her Time had the second trial of her preparation on Monday,… Read More »
Black Heart Bart is a step closer to making a racetrack return after winning a Cranbourne barrier trial. The former Darren Weir-trained gelding, who won five Group One races during 2016/17, was officially retired after finishing unplaced in the Toorak Handicap in October. Lindsay Smith has been tasked with resurrecting… Read More »
Santa Ana Lane has finished out of the placings in a trial at Cranbourne on heavy ground but has done enough to show he is on target for The Everest. Making his first public appearance since finishing fourth in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong on April 28, the… Read More »
Graff has strengthened his claims for a place in the $14 million Everest with a stylish win in a barrier trial at Newcastle. Ridden by Brenton Avdulla, the four-year-old took the lead in the straight from his Kris Lees-trained stablemate In Her Time to win Monday’s 900m-heat on the course… Read More »
Australian sprinter Houtzen has an elevated temperature which has ruled her out of the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York. Owners Aquis Farm had planned to pay a late entry to put the mare in Friday’s 1000m-race but have announced she will now be saved for a Group One race… Read More »
Steve Smith might be sidelined but Australia’s leading batsman has something to celebrate with Hogmanay’s win in the Taree Cup. Smith is suffering the effects of concussion after being hit with a ball in the Second Test at Lord’s. The cricketer is part-owner of the Chris Waller-trained Hogmanay who backed… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo has won the Prix Kergolay at Deauville to set himself up for a second tilt at Australia’s most famous race. Trained by Hughie Morrison, Marmelo finished a length behind Godolphin’s Cross Counter in the 2018 Melbourne Cup after running second in the Group Two Prix Kergolay… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has ridden his 13th Group One winner of the European season, steering the John Gosden-trained Coronet to victory in the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville. Gosden sent the five-year-old to France to run on Sunday (Monday AEST) in preference to a clash with star stablemate Enable in the… Read More »
The Kris Lees-trained Graff will have a second barrier trial at Newcastle ahead of his bid to secure a slot in the $14 million Everest. He will be joined in Monday’s 900m-heat by five stablemates including Group One winner In Her Time who already has a slot in the Everest… Read More »
Adam Trinder is beginning to understand the added pressure Chris Waller went through as he prepared champion Winx during her winning streak. Trinder trains Mystic Journey who returned to racing on Saturday to win the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes. The victory extended Mystic’s Journey’s winning streak to seven… Read More »
Te Akau Shark remains on target to travel to Sydney despite his defeat in the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa. The Epsom Handicap favourite, named for Cronulla Sharks NRL captain Paul Gallen, finished second to Endless Drama in Saturday’s Group Two sprint in New Zealand after circling the field from… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Barry Baldwin is more than happy with The Candy Man after his first appearance since a spell in a barrier trial. The Candy Man ran last in an 840m-heat won by the unbeaten Zoustyle at Doomben last Tuesday. Zoustyle put nine lengths on the runner-up in the… Read More »
Spring preparations for The Everest favourite Santa Ana Lane will ramp up when the star sprinter steps out in a barrier trial at Cranbourne. The Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane makes his first public appearance since his fourth in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong in late April when… Read More »
Voting has begun in the annual Racing Queensland Horse Of The Year awards with star three-year-olds Winning Ways and Zoustyle the favourites for the top award. Winning Ways was Queensland’s only Group One winner of the season in the Queensland Oaks and also won the Group Three Gold Coast Bracelet…. Read More »
Australian Trainers’ Association President Robbie Griffiths is resting comfortably after undergoing a longer than expected operation on a brain aneurysm. A family statement issued through the ATA said Griffiths had undergone a four hour operation on Saturday with the degree of difficulty greater than first anticipated, but he had came… Read More »
Jockey Jason Benbow cannot believe how two seemingly innocuous falls have put him on the sidelines for extended periods. A trackwork fall at Caulfield in March last year left Benbow with a fracture to the T6 vertebra and he spent several months on the sidelines while a fall at Sale… Read More »
Queensland’s chief steward Peter Chadwick admits he is becoming frustrated in his attempts to finalise an inquiry into the Queensland Derby fall more than two months ago. Dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries when Lord Arthur fell at the 300m-mark in the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm… Read More »
Coolmore’s hope for the $14 million Everest, Ten Sovereigns, has been confirmed as a runner in the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York. The winner of the July Cup, Ten Sovereigns is favourite over Battaash for the five-furlong (1000m) sprint on Friday (Saturday AEST). The three-year-old was once thought of… Read More »
Trainer Adam Trinder felt a sense of relief after Mystic Journey made a winning return in the PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. After an autumn campaign that saw Mystic Journey win the Australian Guineas and the All-Star Mile on firm tracks at Caulfield, Trinder held reservations about the soft going… Read More »
